SEI YOUNG KIM WINS PELICAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Sei Young Kim followed up her first major title last month by winning her 12th LPGA Tour title at the Pelican Women's Championship on Sunday.

South Korea's Sei Young Kim cruised to her second tour title in six weeks with a comfortable three-shot triumph over America's Ally MacDonald at the inaugural Pelican Women's Championship in Florida.

Starting the day five ahead, Kim's lead over MacDonald was cut to three shots when she bogeyed the par-three 9th, but that was the closest the American would get to the leader. A birdie from Kim at the 14th moved the World No 2 further ahead and despite bogeying the last she won comfortably at -14, on a week when only 19 players broke par.

USA Solheim Cup star Ally McDonald, who was coming off her first LPGA Tour win at the LPGA Drive On Championship, closed with a two-under-par 68 to finish alone in second on -11.

Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow fired a one-under-par 69 to finish third on -9. The performance, which matched her previous best LPGA Tour finish of third place at the 2014 US Open, moves her up 24 spots to 35th in the LPGA's season rankings.

Lydia Ko (NZL) and Austin Ernst (USA) shot rounds of 69 and 68 to finish tied for 4th on -8, while Jessica Korda (USA) returned the round of the day, a six-under 64, to finish tied for 6th on -7 with Brooke Henderson (CAN), Angela Stanford (USA) and Jennifer Song (USA).

England's Mel Reid, who won her first LPGA event in October, finished in a share of 12th on -3 after a one-under-par round of 69, while her compatriot Jodi Ewart Shadoff surged up the leaderboard into a share of 14th place after she fired a five-under 65 to get her to -2.