LPGA Drive On Championship R4

March 04-07
Golden Ocala Golf Club, Ocala, Florida
$1,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Austin Ernst closed with a 2-under 70 to win her third LPGA Tour title at the Drive On Championship on Sunday, her second title in six months following the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

“I think it’s just really cool to be in the heat of it all week and to be able to perform the way I did,” said Ernst. “To hit the shots I hit, and to shoot the scores I shot, I think it’s just kind of testament to me, that I can do this week in and week out and just if I have a little belief myself kind of what I can do.”

Ernst, who missed the cut in the Gainbridge LPGA last week, gives the US its third consecutive victory to open a season, following sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda, the first time it has happened since 2007.

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“I think the difference this week even just the last week was I just fully committed to believing in what I do and that it’s good enough,” said Ernst.

“I think this week proved that it’s more than good enough. It was fun to walk up and know that I was going to win. I haven’t had that yet, so that was fun.”

Five shots behind in second place is Jennifer Kupcho, co-leader with Ernst in the first two rounds. She produced three bogeys and a double bogey on Sunday for a 74.

“I set myself up after 12 to be able to make a little bit of a move,” said Kupcho. “I just missed a pretty easy up-and-down, honestly, on 13, and obviously missed the putt on 14. But I didn’t really think it was over until I hit the tee shot on 15. Everyone hits bad shots. It’s just unfortunate that’s when mine came for the week.”

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Jenny Coleman completed the trio of Americans at the top of the leaderboard after closing with a 71 to finish at 8-under.

“It helps boost my confidence and know I have the game to be out here and I deserve to be out here,” said Coleman.

Jessica Korda closed with a 71 to tie for eighth at 4-under. Nelly Korda closed with a 75 to finish in a tie for 28th at even par.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Austin Ernst	-15	67	67	69	70	273
2	Jennifer Kupcho	-10	67	67	70	74	278
3	Jenny Coleman	-8	70	69	70	71	280
4	In Gee Chun	-7	70	73	69	69	281
5	Albane Valenzuela	-6	70	73	66	73	282
T6	Danielle Kang	-5	72	70	69	72	283
T6	Leona Maguire	-5	69	71	73	70	283
T8	Jennifer Chang	-4	73	71	69	71	284
T8	Jaye Marie Green	-4	68	72	74	70	284
T8	Charley Hull	-4	74	70	70	70	284
T8	Megan Khang	-4	69	72	73	70	284
T8	Lydia Ko	-4	69	72	72	71	284
T8	Jessica Korda	-4	69	75	69	71	284
T14	Perrine Delacour	-3	71	74	70	70	285
T14	Sei Young Kim	-3	72	70	73	70	285
T14	Gaby Lopez	-3	69	72	74	70	285
T14	Jennifer Song	-3	70	72	73	70	285
T14	Patty Tavatanakit	-3	70	70	69	76	285
T19	Carlota Ciganda	-2	71	65	75	75	286
T19	Yu Liu	-2	70	70	77	69	286
T19	Caroline Masson	-2	70	75	70	71	286
T19	Lexi Thompson	-2	74	69	74	69	286
T23	Brittany Altomare	-1	70	73	69	75	287
T23	Aditi Ashok	-1	72	73	70	72	287
T23	Cheyenne Knight	-1	71	70	72	74	287
T23	Xiyu Lin	-1	72	70	75	70	287
T23	Hee Young Park	-1	73	72	68	74	287
T28	Kristen Gillman	E	75	70	71	72	288
T28	Haeji Kang	E	73	72	70	73	288
T28	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	E	73	71	71	73	288
T28	Nelly Korda	E	67	70	76	75	288
T28	Mel Reid	E	70	74	70	74	288
T28	Jing Yan	E	68	74	74	72	288
T34	Ashleigh Buhai	1	70	70	72	77	289
T34	Lindy Duncan	1	69	73	73	74	289
T34	Ally Ewing	1	71	73	72	73	289
T34	Sarah Kemp	1	72	72	74	71	289
T34	Stephanie Meadow	1	71	75	71	72	289
T34	Anna Nordqvist	1	74	70	75	70	289
T34	Ryann O’Toole	1	71	71	74	73	289
T34	Sung Hyun Park	1	73	73	71	72	289
T34	Elizabeth Szokol	1	72	73	70	74	289
T34	Angel Yin	1	71	74	71	73	289
T44	Georgia Hall	2	74	72	72	72	290
T44	Brooke M. Henderson	2	74	69	74	73	290
T44	Yealimi Noh	2	74	72	76	68	290
T44	Mariah Stackhouse	2	69	74	74	73	290
T48	Nicole Broch Larsen	3	72	74	70	75	291
T48	Cristie Kerr	3	74	69	73	75	291
T48	Katherine Kirk	3	69	72	73	77	291
T48	Sophia Popov	3	74	70	71	76	291
T52	Dana Finkelstein	4	75	70	75	72	292
T52	Tiffany Joh	4	73	71	75	73	292
T52	Stacy Lewis	4	71	73	75	73	292
T52	Jenny Shin	4	74	72	73	73	292
T52	Lindsey Weaver	4	72	74	73	73	292
T57	Cydney Clanton	5	74	72	74	73	293
T57	Annie Park	5	71	72	76	74	293
T59	Mi Jung Hur	6	69	72	80	73	294
T59	Jeongeun Lee6	6	69	77	68	80	294
T59	Sarah Schmelzel	6	71	74	74	75	294
T62	Daniela Darquea	7	72	74	74	75	295
T62	Bronte Law	7	70	73	73	79	295
T62	Jaclyn Lee	7	74	71	72	78	295
65	Wichanee Meechai	8	73	73	74	76	296
T66	Dani Holmqvist	10	70	76	75	77	298
T66	Haley Moore	10	75	71	73	79	298
T68	Eun-Hee Ji	11	75	70	76	78	299
T68	Jane Park	11	70	76	72	81	299
T70	Laura Davies	12	75	69	76	80	300
T70	Mina Harigae	12	74	71	77	78	300
CUT	Celine Boutier	3	73	74			147
CUT	Sarah Burnham	3	73	74			147
CUT	Sandra Gal	3	76	71			147
CUT	Jiwon Jeon	3	73	74			147
CUT	Jin Young Ko	3	75	72			147
CUT	Mi Hyang Lee	3	75	72			147
CUT	Haru Nomura	3	75	72			147
CUT	Laura Restrepo	3	76	71			147
CUT	Angela Stanford	3	75	72			147
CUT	Marina Alex	4	74	74			148
CUT	Ssu-Chia Cheng	4	72	76			148
CUT	Azahara Munoz	4	73	75			148
CUT	Madelene Sagstrom	4	71	77			148
CUT	Lizette Salas	4	75	73			148
CUT	Alena Sharp	4	75	73			148
CUT	Lauren Stephenson	4	74	74			148
CUT	Anne van Dam	4	72	76			148
CUT	Pajaree Anannarukarn	5	74	75			149
CUT	Wei-Ling Hsu	5	73	76			149
CUT	Caroline Inglis	5	75	74			149
CUT	Brittany Lincicome	5	76	73			149
CUT	Mind Muangkhumsakul	5	72	77			149
CUT	Pornanong Phatlum	5	75	74			149
CUT	Robynn Ree	5	74	75			149
CUT	Jasmine Suwannapura	5	74	75			149
CUT	Maria Torres	5	74	75			149
CUT	Nasa Hataoka	6	75	75			150
CUT	Esther Henseleit	6	74	76			150
CUT	Giulia Molinaro	6	81	69			150
CUT	Gerina Piller	6	77	73			150
CUT	Linnea Strom	6	79	71			150
CUT	Amy Yang	6	76	74			150
CUT	Suzuka Yamaguchi	7	76	75			151
CUT	Jillian Hollis	8	76	76			152
CUT	Esther Lee	8	76	76			152
CUT	Liz Nagel	8	73	79			152
CUT	Chella Choi	9	76	77			153
CUT	Brittany Lang	9	74	79			153
CUT	Tiffany Chan	10	71	83			154
CUT	Maria Fassi	10	76	78			154
CUT	Caroline Hedwall	10	79	75			154
CUT	Pernilla Lindberg	11	78	77			155
CUT	Sarah Jane Smith	11	77	78			155
CUT	Jackie Stoelting	11	78	77			155
CUT	Muni He	12	82	74			156
CUT	Marissa Steen	12	76	80			156
CUT	Emma Talley	12	76	80			156
CUT	Alana Uriell	13	79	78			157
CUT	Katherine Perry-Hamski	14	79	79			158