So Yeon Ryu wins Meijer LPGA Classic

Su Oh has finished tied for 13th at the LPGA event in Michigan to be the best placed Australian, at the tournament won by So Yeon Ryu.

So Yeon Ryu has won the Meijer LPGA Classic for her first victory of the season and sixth overall, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke margin.

The 29-year-old South Korean player birdied the par-5 16th and par-4 17th and parred the par-4 18th to finish at 21-under 267 at Blythefield Country Club.

Two strokes behind Anna Nordqvist and Lee-Anne Pace entering the round, Ryu had six birdies and bogey in the final round.

Caroline Masson finished second after a 68. New Zealand's Lydia Ko shot a 67 to finish third at 18 under.

Australia's Su Oh closed with a final-round 67 to be the best-placed Australian, finishing in a tie for 13th.

Nordqvist and Pace each shot 73 on Sunday - after both had a 64 on Saturday - to tie for fourth at 17 under with Jacqui Concolino (66), Azahara Munoz (68) and Angela Stanford (70).

US Women's Open winner Ariya Jutanugarn shot a tournament-record 62. She birdied five of the first seven holes, eagled No.8 and added three more birdies to finish 12th at 15 under.


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