Ashleigh Buhai carded her third three-under-par 68 of the week on Sunday as she closed at 10-under-par in a share of 11th in the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup in Bradenton, Florida.
Buhai opened with a birdie on the first hole, but she followed that with a double-bogey on the second. She reeled off five birdies after that to get to 11-under for the tournament, but she dropped another shot on the 18th, and finished up 11 strokes behind the winner, Yealimi Noh of the United States.
Noh took her maiden LPGA Tour title with a closing 68 lifting her to 21-under and a four-stroke margin of victory over Jin Young Ko of Korean. Megan Khang of the United States was third on 16-under, while world number one Nelly Korda finished on 12-under in a share of seventh.
Paula Reto gritted her way to a level-par 71 for her closing round, making one birdie and one bogey. She finished on eight-under for the week in a share of 19th place.
