CATRIONA FINISHES STRONGLY WITH A 68 TO COLLECT $10,123

Catriona Matthew saved her best to last - and a four-under-par 68 lifted her from T43 to joint 26th in the final placings of the LPGA Tour event, the CME Group Titleholders at Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando, Florida today.
The North Berwick player, winner of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational the previous weekend in Mexico, took a while to get the competitive juices flowing again but after improving rounds of 76, 75 and 74, the Scot produced one of the lowest rounds of the final day to boost her cash prize to $10,123.
England's Karen Stupples finished on the same mark with scores of 71, 75, 73 and 74.
First time winner after four years on the LPGA Tour was South Korean Hee Young Park with scores of 71, 69, 69 and 70 for a nine-under-par total of 279 which earned her $500,000.
Sandra Gal (Germany), who had been joint leader overnight, dropped down to a share of second place on 281 with American Paula Creamer. Both earned $95,516. Sandra shot 69, 69, 71 and 72; Paula 69, 71, 71 and 70.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
279 Hee young Park (South Korea) 71 69 69 70 ($500,000).
281 Paula Creamer (United States) 69 71 71 70, Sandra Gal (Germany) 69 68 71 72 ($95,516 each).
282 Na Yeon Choi (South Korea) 66 71 75 70, Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 73 69 68 72 ($56,070 each).
286 Michelle Wie (United States) 71 73 72 70, Cristie Kerr (United States) 68 76 71 71 ($35,057 each).
SELECTED TOTALS
293 Catriona Matthew (Scotland) 76 65 74 68, Karen Stupples (England) 71 75 73 74 (T26) ($10,123 each).

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