The win moves Inkster from seventh
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Inkster began the final round with a three-shot lead over Burton and four shots ahead of Sweden's Carin Koch. Tournament officials deemed it necessary to send players off both the front and back nine in threesomes due to the threat of afternoon thunderstorms, so Burton and Koch got a good look at the eventual winner's play. Inkster got off to an impressive start, birdying three of the first four holes to extend her lead to six. The threesome plodded along from there, battling the strong and gusty winds.
Burton pulled to within five shots of
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Taylormade r9 max irons move to within four, but she would never get any closer. Burton bogeyed 16 and 17, but held onto second place when Koch bogeyed 17 and finished at 281 (-7).