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Golf-Australia's Lee wraps up her first LPGA win

May 18 (Reuters) - Australia's Minjee Lee wrapped up her first LPGA victory on Monday, completing three holes to finish a 65 for a two-shot win at the rain-delayed Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The 18-year-old former top-ranked amateur made a three-putt bogey at the 16th when play resumed but parred the last two holes to finish on 15-under-par 269 for the victory over Ryu So-yeon of South Korea, who shot a 67 for 271.

Asked how she felt about getting her maiden win on the tour, Lee said: "Pretty damn good!"

Lee, who shot in the 60s for all four rounds, became the seventh player ever to win on the LPGA Tour before her 19th birthday and moved up 40 spots in the world rankings to number 19.