Each of Anna Nordqvist’s first four LPGA titles came without a member of her family in the gallery. That changed Sunday at Stockton Seaview’s Bay Course in Galloway Township, N.J., where Nordqvist won the ShopRite LPGA Classic with her mother Maria watching from the sidelines.
Even better, it happened to be Mother’s Day back home in the Nordqvists’ native Sweden.
“I couldn’t have given her a better present than to spend the day with her,” Anna Nordqvist said.
The former Arizona State star birdied her 16th and 17th holes to break loose from a pack of players and win her fifth LPGA title by one stroke.