ERIN, Wis. (AP) 鈥� Maja Stark continued the steady play she had demonstrated all week to win the U.S. Women鈥檚 Open and claim her first major championship Sunday at Erin Hills.
Stark carded a final round 72 and finished with a four-round total of 7-under 281 to beat top-ranked Nelly Korda and Japan鈥檚 Rio Takeda by two strokes.
Stark received a US$2.4 million winner鈥檚 prize in the biggest event of the women鈥檚 golf season.
The 25-year-old Stark became the sixth Swede to win an LPGA major, and the first since Anna Nordqvist earned the title in 2021.
Stark, who played at Oklahoma State from 2019-21, is the first Swede to win a U.S. Women鈥檚 Open since Annika Sorenstam in 2006.
This is Stark鈥檚 second LPGA title. She also won the , a Ladies European Tour event in Northern Ireland that was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.
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AP golf:
Steve Megargee, The Associated Press
