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HUXQUILUCAN, Mexico (AP) – Sweden’s Louise Friberg won her first LPGA Tour title in her fourth career start, closing with a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Taiwan’s Yani Tseng in the MasterCard Classic.

Friberg, 10 strokes behind Ji-Young Oh at the start of play Sunday after opening rounds of 72 and 73, had an eagle, six birdies and a bogey in the 65 – the best score by three strokes in the final round.

The 2003 University of Washington graduate finished at 6-under 210 on the hilly Bosque Real course and made $195,000. She earned her tour card in early December with a ninth-place tie in the qualifying tournament.

Tseng finished with a 74.

Jane Park (70) and Jill McGill tied for third at 4 under, and Pat Hurst (72), Na Yeon Choi (73) and Eva Dahllof (74) followed at 3 under. Oh closed with a 79 to match top-ranked Mexican star Lorena Ochoa (68) at 2 under.

Friberg, a winner in 2005 on the Swedish tour, birdied Nos. 3, 5 and 9 to make the turn at 2 under for the tournament. She also birdied the par-3 11th, eagled the par-5 12th and reached 7 under with birdies on Nos. 14-15 before bogeying the 16th.

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