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[LPGA TOUR]

MCDONALD GIFTED WITH

FIRST LPGA TOUR VICTORY AT

DRIVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP

“Okay, it's the best birthday present ever.”

드라이브 온 챔피언십에서 첫 LPGA

투어 우승을 차지한 맥도날드

"맞아요. 최고의 생일 선물이에요."

lly McDonald, on her 28th birthday,
headed off the 18th green after
Athe final round at Reynolds Lake
Oconee to champagne showers from
friends and family after becoming a Rolex
First-Time winner on the LPGA Tour at
-16. The four-year Tour player said she was
proud of the resiliency she showed through
the final holes to win by one stroke over
five-time LPGA Tour winner Danielle Kang.
“I've never doubted my ability, but I've
definitely questioned whether I would
be able to win out here. It's really hard to
win out here,” said McDonald. “So I've just
really hung in there and tried to stick to my
process since day one. That was able to get
me in the winner's circle today. I'm really
thankful.”
McDonald started the day alongside rookie
Bianca Pagdanganan and Kang in the final
grouping, with Kang carding the first birdie
Ally McDonald of the group at No. 2 to gain a stroke on the
leader. McDonald answered with a birdie

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