Minjee Lee won the Founders Cup with Carlota Ciganda fifth

the Australian minjee lee make three birdies on the last nine holes to stop Lexi Thompson and win at Founders Cup of Cognizant on Sunday in Clifton, New Jersey. Charlotte Ciganda sealed an impressive performance and finished fifth, four strokes behind the winner in this tournament of LPGA Tours.

read He was one over par on eleven holes before the birdies on Nos. 12, 14 and 18 in the Upper Montclair Country Club course. So he signed 70, two under par, and finished with 269, 19 under par. That was enough to add up to his seventh win at the LPGA and first since winning the 2021 Evian Championship in July, his first major.

“I wasn’t nervous, but I didn’t hit the ball as well as I wanted to,” Lee told Golf Channel after sealing his title. “I was very good with the putt and I knew how to react, so I’ll keep the positive aspects,” he added.

Lee entered the final round with a one-shot lead over the Swede. Madelene SagströmBut his biggest challenge is Lexi Thompsonwhich tied him for the lead at 16 under par with a birdie in the tenth par 4 of the day.

Both players birdied at par-5 12 to drop to -17 overall. But a birdie in the par five of the 14th allowed Lee to regain the lead on his own against a Thompson who didn’t get any birdies on his return. The American signed 69, three under par, with no bogey, to finish with 17 under par in the final standings, two shots behind Lee.

For its part, sagstrom he finished a par for course 72 after paddling from a triple-bogey on the third hole of his last round. He tied for third place with Angel Yin (67) with 16 under par.

while, Charlotte Ciganda he finished fifth with -15, one shot shy of that top3. The Spaniard signed his best lap of the week this Sunday after winning eight shots on the field, after signing nine birdies and a bogey. This is her first top-5 on the main women’s golf circuit since the Cambia Portland Classic in September last year.

Final classification (par 72)

1, Minjee Lee (Australia) 269 (67-63-69-70)
2. Lexi Thompson (USA) 271 (67-66-69-69)
3. Angel Yin (USA) 272 (70-67-68-67)
3. Madelene Sagstrom (Sweden) 272 (63-70-67-72)
5. Carlota Ciganda (Spain) 273 (67-69-73-64)
6. NASA Hataoka (Japan) 274 (65-73-70-66)
6. Megan Khang (USA) 274 (64-72-71-67)
8. Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) 275 (71-68-73-63)
8. Hye-Jin Choi (South Korea) 275 (69-70-70-66)
10. Jenny Shin (South Korea) 276 (75-64-70-67)