lpga tour // mobile bay lpga classic
lewis holds off lexi
� winner shooting four
rounds in the 60s, stacy
lewis won the mobile bay
lpga classic by one stroke
over hard-charging lexi
thompson, who closed
with a 65 yesterday. lewis
finished at 17-under 271 to
win for the first time this
year and the second time
in her career. lewis began
the final round two strokes
ahead of brittany linci-
come, who finished t- 4 af-
ter a 72 sunday. but lewis,
who shot 69 on day four,
needed every one of her
four birdies to keep thomp-
son at bay. the 17-year-old
closed with seven birdies
and no bogeys for her first
top- 10 of the year.
� noteworthy lewis
has five top-10s in eight tour
events in 2012, including
a playoff loss at the isps
handa women’s australian open. … thompson’s
65 matched na yeon choi
for the lowest score in the
final round. … karine icher’s
third-place finish was her
best since 2010, when she
also finished third at the
lorena ochoa invitational.
�top five magnolia grove, Mobile, Ala.
1. Stacy Lewis 68-67-67-69—271
2. Lexi Thompson 70-71-66-65—272
3. Karine Icher 72-65-68-68—273
4. Five players tied at 12-under 276
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$187,500
114,347
82,951
44,887
� quotable
“it’s only been a year since i won, but i felt like
it’s been a long time since then.” —stacy le Wis
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