Jutanugarn wins LPGA’s Canadian Open
Hamilton’s Sharp fourth
Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand won the LPGA’s Canadian Open on Sunday for her fifth victory this season.
The 20-year-old built on a two-shot lead heading into the final round at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club with a six-under 66 on Sunday.
Jutanugarn finished four shots clear of runner-up Sei Young Kim of South Korea.
Alena Sharp of Hamilton placed fourth for her careerbest result. Sharp shot a fiveunder final round to end up seven shots back of Jutanugarn.
Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., tied for 14th at 11-under for the tournament.
Bundled up in a winter jacket between shots with the temperature in the low teens on the overcast afternoon, the secondranked Jutanugarn matched the tournament record for relation of 23 under set by So Yeon Ryu two years ago at London Hunt in Ontario and the mark for strokes of 265 set by Ryu and also accomplished by Lydia Ko in 2013 at par-70 Royal Mayfair in Edmonton.
After a late meltdown cost of her first LPGA Tour victory in April in the major ANA Inspiration, Jutanugarn won three straight events in May.
She won the Women’s British Open in the event before the Olympics, and made it two in a row on the tour Sunday in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.
The LPGA tour stays in Canada this week with the Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Ont.