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So Yeon Ryu wins Meijer LPGA Classic

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) So Yeon Ryu won the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first victory of the season and sixth overall, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke margin.

The 29-year-old South Korean player birdied the par-5 16th and par-4 17th and parred the par-4 18th to finish at 21-under 267 at Blythefield Country Club.

Two strokes behind Anna Nordqvist and Lee-Anne Pace entering the round, Ryu had six birdies and bogey in the final round.

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Caroline Masson was second after a 68. Lydia Ko shot a 67 to finish third at 18 under.

Nordqvist and Pace each shot 73 – after each had a 64 on Saturday – to tie for fourth at 17 under with Jacqui Concolino (66), Azahara Munoz (68) and Angela Stanford (70).

U.S. Women’s Open winner Ariya Jutanugarn shot a tournament-record 62. She birdied five of the first seven holes, eagled No. 8 and added three more birdies to finish 12th at 15 under.

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Fleetwood flirts with 62, ties US Open mark with 63

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) Somehow, tying a U.S. Open record with a final-round 63 wasn’t totally satisfying for Tommy Fleetwood.

”Yeah,” he said with a laugh, ”but I wanted 62.”

The Englishman nearly got it: A birdie putt from 8 feet on No. 18 broke right and skidded past the hole.

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Still, the 12th-ranked player in the world had a special achievement on Sunday. Only five players have shot 63 in the U.S. Open, and only Johnny Miller in 1963 – when he won the tournament – had done it in the fourth round.

So Fleetwood knew what that last stroke was all about.

”The putt, I actually started it on the line I wanted to,” he said. ”It was a little bit slower than I expected.

”I knew what score it was for. If I could go back, I would give it a little pace.”

After he missed, one fan yelled out: ”You still have beautiful hair!” referring to Fleetwood’s long locks.

With Shinnecock Hills playing far easier Sunday than in a brutal third round when the USGA conceded t..

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The Latest: Fleetwood ties US Open record with 63

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) The Latest on Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open (all times local):

4:25 p.m.

Nine holes to go at the U.S. Open and defending champion Brooks Koepka has a one-stroke lead.

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Koepka is 2 under par through nine at Shinnecock Hills and 1 over for the tournament. Tommy Fleetwood is in the clubhouse with a 7-under 63, tying the record for the lowest round at a U.S. Open. Fleetwood is 2 over for the week, tied with Masters champion Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson, who are just starting the back nine.

Third-round co-leaders Daniel Berger and Tony Finau had a rough start and are up to 5 over as they approach the turn.

Shinnecock played easier on Sunday morning than in the third round, when the USGA admitted that it lost control of the course when the winds picked up in the afternoon.

3:55 p.m.

England’s Tommy Fleetwood has tied the U.S. Open record with a 7-under-63 in the final round.

With Shinnecock Hills playing far easier than..

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