Bailey Tardy picks up her first LPGA Tour win with victory at Blue Bay event in China

Bailey Tardy picked up her first victory on the LPGA Tour, taking pictures 7-under 65 in Sunday’s last spherical of the Blue Bay event on China’s southern island of Hainan to win by 4 strokes forward of Sarah Schmelzel.

Tardy had a 19-under 269 complete for the 72-hole occasion.

Schmelzel closed with a 69. Ayaka Furue completed in third place, 5 strokes again after a 65.

Tardy had the midway lead on the U.S. Girls’s Open final 12 months however noticed victory slip away.

“I imply, a variety of feelings proper now,” Tardy stated after successful. “A variety of arduous work and simply a variety of doubt that was in my head that I could possibly be at this degree and win. That is particular.”

Lydia Ko, who held the lead in China with Tardy and Schmelzel after three rounds, completed with a 71, six strokes behind the winner.

A victory by Ko on Sunday would have earned her sufficient factors for entry into the LPGA’s Corridor of Fame. It additionally would have been her twenty first win on the LPGA Tour and her second this season.

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