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Updated at 1:57 p.m., Sunday, March 16, 2008

Golf: Sweden's Friberg gets first LPGA win in Mexico

Associated Press

HUXQUILUCAN, Mexico — Sweden's Louise Friberg won her first LPGA Tour title in her fourth career start, closing with a 7-under 65 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.