Golf-Tour rookie Nordqvist wins LPGA Championship

Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:39pm BST
 
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland, June 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Tour rookie Anna Nordqvist of Sweden won the LPGA Championship by four strokes on Sunday.

Nordqvist, 22, shot a final-round 68 at Bulle Rock for a total of 15-under-par 273 to claim her first LPGA title, four strokes better than runner-up Lindsey Wright of Australia.

(Reporting by Larry Fine, Editing by Ed Osmond, To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

 

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