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\nWASHINGTON: Mexico\u2019s Gaby Lopez birdied the last three holes for the second consecutive day to fire an 8-under par 63 on Sunday and win the LPGA Dana Open by one stroke.<\/p>\n
\nWorld No. 67 Lopez outdueled American Megan Khang down the stretch to finish 72 holes on 18-under 266 over a rain-softened Highland Meadows layout in Sylvania, Ohio.<\/p>\n
\nThe 28-year-old from Mexico City delivered a bogey-free final round for her third career LPGA title after winning at China\u2019s Blue Bay in 2018 and taking the 2020 Tournament of Champions.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI didn\u2019t really bring an attitude,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cIt was more of creating a quiet space before hitting the golf ball and committing to that before every single ball.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s so easy to get ahead of yourself, especially coming down the stretch, but if you keep it in the present, that\u2019s when magic happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKhang was second, her best LPGA result, on 267 after a closing 64 with Germany\u2019s Caroline Masson third on 268 and US teen Lucy Li, Chinese teen Yin Ruoning and American Sarah Schmelzel on 269.<\/p>\n
\nLopez, who began the round four strokes off the pace, sank a crucial 15-foot birdie putt at the par-5 18th to finish ahead of Khang, with a scream and fist pump of delight after the feat.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI knew I had to make it because Megan was going to make hers,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cWhat I thought was I practiced exactly for this moment. I want to be here and I\u2019m just going to take care of this putt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLopez shook off short missed putts to birdie five of her last nine holes.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHaving that calmness and quiet space was exactly what we were working on. And it has paid off,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cIt just gets more simple if I do that, not overthinking. Not making more drama than it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKhang had reeled off six birdies in a nine-hole span to grab the lead, a run that started at the third, fifth and par-3 sixth holes.<\/p>\n
\nShe added a three-foot birdie putt at the par-3 eighth, a 20-footer for birdie at the ninth and a 12-foot birdie putt at the 11th to reach 16-under and seize the lead alone.<\/p>\n
\nPlaying partner Lopez made a run of four birdies in eight holes from the third through 10th and sank another at 13 to move one off the lead.<\/p>\n
\nKhang escaped a fairway bunker to par the 15th but Lopez had a tap-in birdie at the 16th to grab a share of the lead.<\/p>\n
\nLopez blasted out of a bunker at the par-5 17th to inches from the cup and tapped in for birdie, grabbing the lead alone after Khang lipped out on an eight-foot birdie putt.<\/p>\n
\nBoth blasted out of greenside bunkers at the par-5 18th, Khang setting up a tap in while Lopez left herself 15 feet over a ridge from the fringe and made the tricky putt.<\/p>\n
\nChallengers remained in the last four groups but Li, who had 14 pars and a birdie at the par-3 sixth in the first 15 holes, made bogey at the 16th and Germany\u2019s Caroline Masson couldn\u2019t manage an albatross at 18.<\/p>\n
\nKhang, who had matched her best prior LPGA finish by sharing third at Palos Verdes in April, was the first LPGA player of Laotian and Hmong descent, her parents coming to the United States in the 1970s after the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
\nLi, a 19-year-old prodigy of Chinese heritage, won twice on the US women\u2019s developmental tour to secure a 2023 LPGA berth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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