Marina Alex wins LPGA Tour's Palos Verdes Championship

LPGA Tour: Marina Alex wins Palos Verdes Championship

Alex won the LPGA Cambia Portland Open in 2018 but over the next several years the 31-year-old New Jersey native was severely limited by a back injury, leaving her to wonder if she would ever be he…

Marina Alex wins LPGA Tour's Palos Verdes Championship

Alex bogeyed the par-4 third, then birdied the par-4 fifth, par-5 seventh and par-4 eighth. She added birdies on the par-3 11th and par-12th and two-putted from 40 feet on 16 to take the outright lead.

Marina Alex emerges from pack to win at Palos Verdes

Alex finished with a 10-under 274, beating world No. 1 Jin Young Ko of South Korea by a stroke

Marina Alex emerges from pack to win at Palos Verdes

Marina Alex rang up six birdies and saved par at the 18th hole to shoot a 5-under-par 66 and earn her second career LPGA Tour title Sunday at the Palos Verdes Championship in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Read More

Marina Alex wins LPGA Tour's Palos Verdes Championship

Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, breaking a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parring the final two holes for a one-stroke victory over Jin Young Ko

Marina Alex wins LPGA Tour's Palos Verdes Championship

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, breaking a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parring the final two holes for a one-stroke victory over Jin Young Ko. Three strokes behind Hannah Green entering the round, Alex closed with a 5-under 66 to finish at 10-under 274 at hilly and windy Palos Verdes Golf Club. The top-ranked Ko also shot a 66. She fi…