American golfer Lexi Thompson has won the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship by five shots, producing a tournament record score.
The victory came in Thompson's third event since she lost the ANA Inspiration major in a playoff after being penalised four strokes for a rules violation reported by a television viewer during the final round.
Thompson led the Kingsmill tournament in Williamsburg, Virginia from start to finish, closing with a six-under-par 65 for a 20-under 264 total.
South Korean In Gee Chun was second on 15 under while Minjee Lee was the best-placed Australian at seven under after closing with a two over to finish in a tie for 10th with world No.1 Lydia Ko.
Lee started the day tied third and five shots behind Thompson but couldn't get her game going on the final day.
Despite her forgettable round, the Australian managed her third top-10 finish from her past four LPGA starts.
The 22-year-old Thompson broke the tournament record of 19 under at Kingsmill's River Course set by Annika Sorenstam in 2008.
The victory, Thompson's eighth, gave her at least one in five consecutive seasons.
Chun, playing with Thompson, shot a bogey-free 67, but was no match for the leader.
Thompson was also bogey free and finished the tournament with just two bogeys, both on the par-3 17th hole.
The big-hitting Thompson began the day with a three-shot lead and quickly added to it, rolling in long birdie putts on the par-4 first hole and the par-5 third.
Chun used birdies on the third, par-4 fifth and par-5 seventh to get within two shots, but Thompson answered with a birdie at the par-4 ninth and then made three birdies in a four-hole span on the back nine.
She eclipsed Sorenstam's record with a birdie on the par-5 15th, pushing her lead to five shots.
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