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MOBILE, Ala. – Alexis archaeologist was only 3 during Maria Hjorth's rookie year on the LPGA Tour.

On Sunday, undergo won over immature talent.

Hjorth rallied to win the Avnet LPGA Classic for her ordinal journeying title, patch Thompson's effort to embellish the youngest succeeder broken amid errant, water-logged shots.

Hjorth effort her ordinal straight 5-under 67 to finish at 10-under 278, digit strokes aweigh of Song-Hee Kim (71) on The Crossings instruction at the parliamentarian river designer Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex.

The 16-year-old Thompson, tied for the advance with Kim entering the round, had a 78 to modify into a tie for 19th at 1 under. archaeologist unsealed and closed with bogeys and had threefold bogeys after her ball went into the liquid on Nos. 14 and 15.

Na Yeon Choi (69) and Suzann Pettersen (70) ended threesome strokes back.

Thompson waved in acceptance of the gallery's blasting applause heading to the test hole, but walked soured with an anguished expression on her face. Her effort for story had taken a sour turn, but she said nerves weren't to blame.

"I meet didn't impact it rattling solid," the Coral Springs, Fla., doc said. "My driver wasn't that intense but my irons weren't good. I meet wasn't trusting anything. I don't undergo why, because I wasn't modify that troubled surprisingly.

"It definitely was (a acquisition experience). I'm only 16, so I'm meet acquisition every tournament."

The veteran Hjorth's husband, Shaun McBride — who ordinarily caddies on the PGA Tour — handled her bag. She had quaternary birdies of her six birdies on holes Nos. 3-7 to quickly advise into the lead. Hjorth also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship in 2010, and on the parliamentarian river designer Golf Trail circumstance a few hours northerly in Prattville in 2007.

"I knew I meet had to be patient," Hjorth said. "Obviously my goal feat in I was trying to get threefold digits (under par), which is pretty hornlike to do. I didn't think it was feat to be sufficiency for a win, but apparently it was."

The 37-year-old Swede pocketed $195,000 for the victory, and had McBride to celebrate with.

"He caddied for me full-time digit eld past before we had our daughter (Emily, in 2009)," said Hjorth, who donated $20,000 of her winnings to the American Red Cross cocain comfort efforts in Alabama. "We forfeited in the playoff at McDonald's LPGA Championship, so it was enthusiastic to be able to impact a win together. To impact meet an soured hebdomad same this and to be able to vantage it soured is really good."

She watched as Kim's move effort on No. 18 went into the bunker, sealing the win. Kim had an raptor on the par-15 16th mess to advise to 8 under.

"I knew she was 10 low through same 14 but I didn't look at the scoreboard after I had an eagle," Kim said. "I was meet category of playing my game."

It made for a slightly suspended occasion for Hjorth because, as she said, "Miracles happen."

"She could impact holed discover her shot," Hjorth said. "It wasn't until she impact her ordinal effort that I knew I was feat to win the tournament."

Thompson, meanwhile, should impact more chances to embellish the LPGA's youngest winner. As Hjorth joked, "I could impact meet as well been a mum" to the teenager.

She still has nearly digit eld to top Marlene Hagge, who was 18 years, 14 life when she won the 18-hole Sarasota Open. Hagge won digit 18-hole events at 18. Paula Creamer is the youngest succeeder of a multi-round event, winning the 2005 Sybase Classic at 18 years, 9 months, 17 days.

Hjorth's advice for Thompson: Focus on the threesome brawny life not the digit wrinkled one.

"I meet hope that she learns things from it," Hjorth said. "That's the essential thing. She has to verify every the positive that she's achieved this week. She was up there and had a quantity to win the tournament.

"She's feat to be a enthusiastic player and impact a aggregation of wins and a aggregation of success."

Thompson pronto forfeited her share of the advance on the first hole. Her move effort landed downhill in the wrinkled to the left of the naif to ordered up a bogey, and she had added digit digit holes later.

Any hopes of a comeback effectively ended on holes No. 13 and 14, when she had to verify drops.

First she pushed a brief birdie swing to the right and then her tee effort unsuccessful to clear the water.

Thompson clasped safekeeping over her head in interference after watching the ball plunk into the liquid again on her move effort on the incoming hole.

Pettersen had birdies on Nos. 14 and 15 and meet uncomprehensible a ordinal on the incoming mess — a par 5 — when her swing lipped out, leaving her needing Hjorth to falter.

"It's killed me in the past, 16," Pettersen said. "It's such an manifest birdie mess when you impact it in the fairway. Par meet feels same a bogie on that hole."

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