MEL REID WINS FIRST LPGA TITLE AT SHOPRITE CLASSIC

England's Mel Reid won her first LPGA Tour title with a tournament-record winning score of -19 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Mel Reid (ENG), who is a six-time Ladies European Tour (LET) winner and three-time European Solheim Cup Team member, led by one overnight and shot a four-under-par 67 in Sunday's final round to take victory by two shots at the ShopRite LPGA Classic in New Jersey on -19.

Jennifer Kupcho (USA) finished second on -17 after a final round of 68, one ahead of her fellow American Jennifer Song (USA), who shot a 69 to finish third on -16.

After her win Reid, who squandered a two-shot lead after three rounds in Portland last month, said:

"It's a huge relief. It's so emotional. I just wanted to kind of redeem myself. I'm proud how I handled myself."

"No matter what life throws at you it depends how you handle it," said Reid. "I made a huge sacrifice moving to America, leaving my comfort zone, my friends and my family, and it's paid off. You know, I wanted to be a world-class athlete, I always wanted to be a world-class athlete, and to finally get the job done is a huge sigh of relief."

"People can't take away the fact that I'm an LPGA winner against a world-class field. It just goes to show you just got to keep going. Things will get tough, and I will have tough years as well ahead of me. As long as you just keep your head down and doing the right things, good things will happen to good people."