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MOBILE, Ala. – Fans greeted Alexis archaeologist with wholesome commendation as she walked to the final green, though it was scarce the success the teenager coveted.

The 16-year-old faltered on Sunday at the Avnet LPGA Classic in her effort to embellish the tour's youngest winner. The veteran Maria Hjorth effort her ordinal straight 67 to closing at 10-under 278, digit strokes ahead of Song-Hee Kim (71) on The Crossings instruction at the parliamentarian river designer Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex.

And when archaeologist walked to the scorer's table, her water-logged final ammo complete, it was with an countenance of anguish not jubilation.

Tied for the advance with Kim entering the round, she had a 78 to drop into a bond for 19th at 1 under. archaeologist unsealed and winking with bogeys and had threefold bogeys after her ball went into the liquid on Nos. 14 and 15.

Sour success aside, Hjorth thinks archaeologist had more to fete than regret.

"I meet wish that she learns things from it," Hjorth said. "That's the important thing. She has to verify all the constructive that she's achieved this week. She was up there and had a quantity to get the tournament.

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

Thompson said nerves weren't to blame for her success struggles.

"I meet didn't impact it rattling solid," the Coral Springs, Fla., resident 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 even that nervous surprisingly.

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

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

Hjorth's husband, Shaun McBride — who ordinarily caddies on the PGA Tour — handled her bag. She had four of her six birdies on holes Nos. 3-7 to apace advise into the lead. Hjorth also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship terminal year, and on the parliamentarian river designer Golf Trail circumstance a some 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 hard to do. I didn't conceive it was feat to be enough for a win, but apparently it was."

The 37-year-old Swede pocketed $195,000 for the victory, and had McBride to fete 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 profits to the dweller Red Cross cocain comfort efforts in Alabama. "We forfeited in the playoff at McDonald's LPGA Championship, so it was enthusiastic to be healthy to impact a get together. To impact meet an soured hebdomad same this and to be healthy 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 finished 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 prefabricated for a slightly delayed 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 get the tournament."

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

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

Thompson had bogeys on digit of the first threesome holes, but some hopes of salvaging the ammo ended on holes No. 13 and 14, when she had to verify drops.

First she pushed a brief birdie putt to the correct and then her tee effort failed to clear the water.

Thompson clasped hands over her nous in interference after watching the ball striking into the liquid again on her move effort on the next hole.

It was that category of day.

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