Major champion Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa prevailed on American soil for the first time when she won the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Sunday, June 11, in Galloway, N.J.
Buhai, 34, fired her second straight round of 65 to finish at 14–under 199 in the 54-hole event, winning for the fourth time worldwide in the past 12 months.
The reigning Women’s Open champion from last year at Muirfield, Buhai had five career Ladies European Tour victories to her name and one in Australia last winter but had yet to win in the United States.
“It’s definitely the best golf I’ve ever played in my career, but I think we’ve found a good balance,” Buhai said on the Golf Channel broadcast. “I said I’m on the older side on tour nowadays, one of the veterans, but I think between everything I’m doing between my putting, working with a putting coach, my swing coach and the mental side, when I put them all together I know that I can compete and have a chance to win.”…