Morgan sees off legend Inkster to win major by six
Becky Morgan is the first Welsh player to win a USGA title
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US Senior Women's Open, final leaderboard
-7 B Morgan (Wal); -1 J Inkster (US); E Liselotte Neumann (Swe); +1 Leta Lindley (US), Maria McBride (Swe), Corina Kelepouris (Can).
Selected: +2 Trish Johnson (Eng); +3 Annika Sorenstam (Swe); +8 Catriona Matthew (Sco).
Wales' Becky Morgan claimed the biggest title of her career with a runaway victory in the US Senior Women's Open in California.
The 50-year-old finished seven under par at San Diego Country Club, six shots ahead of legendary American Juli Inkster, the seven-time major champion.
Former US Women's Open champion Liselotte Neumann of Sweden was third.
Morgan began the final day in a three-way tie for the lead but produced five birdies, two bogeys and several key par-saving putts to seal a commanding win with a closing 70.
The Abergavenny golfer, who played for more than two decades on the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour, won the most prestigious major title in senior women's golf at her first attempt.
"Just unbelievable," Morgan told the website of the USGA, the governing body that runs the game in America and which organises the Senior Women's Open.
"I said to my caddie Beth, 'I'm not looking at the scoreboard until I need to'.
"I was debating my shot into 18, and I said, 'Beth, what's the score?'
"She said, 'You have a six-shot lead,' so I said, 'OK, we're going for it'.
"I just stayed really calm all day, holed some really good putts, and can't quite believe it, to be honest."
Morgan claimed one victory on the Ladies European Tour - the 2018 Hero Women's Indian Open.
She began the final day at San Diego Country club in a three-way tie for the lead and produced five birdies, two bogeys and several key par-saving putts for a closing 70.
The victory qualifies Morgan - who twice represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup match against the best amateurs from the US - for the 2026 US Women's Open at Riviera Country Club.
"I would not have dreamt this," added Morgan who stopped playing on the LPGA tour in 2018.
"Since I started playing on the sort of Senior Tour, I've had some decent success, but obviously nothing like this. It's absolutely unbelievable."