LEWIS HOLDS OFF THOMPSON

Stacy Lewis celebrates her win

Stacy Lewis hold off a clever plea from teen Lexi Thompson to win a Mobile Bay LPGA Classic by a singular shot.

Overnight personality Lewis took a two-stroke lead in to a last turn as well as was in a clever upon all sides when she non-stop up a five-shot advantage.

However, a 27-year-old indispensable a fourth birdie of a week upon a 16th to recover a lead after dropping a shot upon a prior hole, prior to land off Thompson.

A turn of 69 gave last year’s Kraft Nabisco Championship personality a 17-under-par sum of 271 as well as done certain of a US$ 187,500 initial esteem during Magnolia Grove.

Thompson, 17, was looking her second unbroken win in Alabama after apropos a youngest LPGA Tour personality during a Navistar LPGA Classic in September.

She roughly got it, relating her career low with a last turn of 65 that heaped a vigour upon overnight personality Lewis.

France’s Karine Icher of France was third, a shot at a back of Thompson, after finishing with a 68.

Collated last turn scores & totals in a LPGA Tour Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, RTJ Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, Crossings Course-Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

(USA unless stated, standard 72):

271 Stacy Lewis 68 67 67 69

272 Lexi Thompson 70 71 66 65

273 Karine Icher (Fra) 72 65 68 68

276 So yeon Ryu (Kor) 69 67 72 68, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 68 69 69 70, Azahara Munoz (Spa) 69 69 70 68, Karrie Webb (Aus) 73 70 64 69, Brittany Lincicome 70 67 67 72

277 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 67 69 70 71, Natalie Gulbis 69 70 68 70, Hee Young Park (Kor) 70 70 71 66

278 Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 72 69 66 71, Caroline Hedwall (Swe) 67 73 70 68, Haeji Kang (Kor) 68 70 69 71, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 73 68 69 68, Nicole Castrale 71 70 69 68

279 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 67 72 69 71, Meena Lee (Kor) 69 69 71 70, Brittany Lang 72 69 70 68

280 Mariajo Uribe (Col) 68 69 71 72, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 70 70 75 65, Becky Morgan (Wal) 74 65 70 71, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 74 68 67 71, Moira Dunn 71 67 72 70, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 72 64 74 70

281 Numa Gulyanamitta (Tha) 69 70 70 72, Meaghan Francella 75 69 69 68, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 71 69 70 71, Hee Kyung Seo (Kor) 71 71 69 70, Cristie Kerr 70 71 70 70

282 Chella Choi (Kor) 72 65 76 69, Sydnee Michaels 68 68 72 74, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 71 68 71 72, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 70 70 71 71, Jin immature Pak (Kor) 70 72 70 70, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 69 70 68 75

283 Paula Creamer 71 72 74 66, Morgan Pressel 68 74 70 71, Anna Grzebien 74 66 70 73, Angela Stanford 72 69 70 72, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 71 73 69, Mina Harigae 76 68 68 71

284 Cindy Lacrosse 68 70 74 72

285 Alison Walshe 72 71 70 72

286 Jenny Shin 70 70 76 70, Lorie Kane (Can) 72 71 74 69, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 70 71 71 74, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 69 71 77 69, Jennifer Johnson 72 72 70 72, Marcy Hart 71 72 71 72, Jeong Jang (Kor) 75 69 70 72

287 Vicky Hurst 70 71 78 68, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 69 71 74, Ryann O’toole 70 70 75 72, Jessica Korda 72 68 73 74, Reilley Rankin 72 70 74 71, Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 73 68 73 73, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 70 73 74 70, Dori Carter 69 73 72 73

288 Belen Mozo (Spa) 72 72 71 73, Kathleen Ekey 71 71 71 75

289 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 73 69 73 74, Tiffany Joh 74 70 74 71, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 70 70 77

290 Haru Nomura (Jpn) 71 69 77 73, Heather Bowie Young 76 67 77 70

291 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 77 67 72 75, Mackenzie Paige 73 67 75 76, Stephanie Sherlock (Can) 75 69 75 72

292 Wendy Doolan (Aus) 72 71 74 75, Veronica Felibert 73 71 74 74

293 Katie Futcher 67 77 74 75, Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 68 71 79 75

294 Jessica Shepley (Can) 74 70 75 75, Jacqui Concolino 73 71 77 73

295 Maria Hjorth (Swe) 71 72 76 76

299 Lisa Ferrero (Mex) 70 74 74 81

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