Sweden's Annika Sorenstam won the Shoprite LPGA Classic title for the second time with a 66 in the final round in Atlantic City.

Three behind overnight, the 31-year-old world number one finished on 12-under-par to win by three shots.

Sharing second place were fellow Swede Carin Koch, and Americans Juli Inkster and Kate Golden.

Golden had led Sorenstam by one with six holes to play, but bogeyed the 15th, 16th and 18th to finish with a 71.

Sorenstam has now won seven times in 13 events this year and looks in good form for this week's US Open in Kansas.

"This was my day and I'll take the momentum into next week," said Sorenstam, who has won the US Open twice before.

Late burst

"The year just seems to get better and better."

Welsh player Becky Morgan had a final round of six-under-par 65 to move through the field.

It was her best score in two years as a professional, and a tie for seventh equalled her best result on the LPGA Tour.

Morgan, who finished third in the Australian Open at the start of the year but has struggled in the US, was delighted with her performance.

"The putts started to go in and everything just seemed to fall into place."

Laura Davies and Johanna Head were the other Britons to finish in the top 10.

Davies had a 69 and Head's 70 gave her a career best performance in the US.

"It's a good way to go into the Open," said Davies after her round, which contained four birdies.

Head did not qualify for the Open but was nevertheless satisfied.

"I've really been struggling in the last few weeks so this is a real bonus.

"But I've kept grinding away and I kept believing that what I was doing was right and it paid off."

Leading final round scores in the Shoprite LPGA Classic in Atlantic City (US unless stated, par 71)

201 Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 68 67 66
204 Carin Koch (Swe) 71 66 67, Kate Golden 64 69 71, Juli Inkster 65 67 72
205 Hiromi Kobayashi (Jap) 71 69 65, Natalie Gulbis 68 71 66
206 Becky Morgan (Gbr) 71 70 65, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 70 67 69, Lorie Kane (Can) 65 70 71
207 Ashli Bunch 74 69 65, Shani Waugh (Aus) 71 70 66, Laura Davies (Gbr) 70 68 69, Johanna Head (Gbr) 67 70 70, Nanci Bowen 68 68 71
208 Emilee Klein 72 71 65, Kim Saiki 73 68 67, Rosie Jones 69 69 70, Julie Piers 67 70 71
209 Heather Bowie 70 73 66, Karen Stupples (Gbr) 72 69 68, Betsy King 68 71 70, Jung Yeon Lee (Kor) 69 69 71, Stephanie Keever 67 69 73
210 Angela Stanford 74 69 67, Tina Barrett 70 71 69, Karen Weiss 73 68 69, Karen Pearce (Aus) 72 68 70, Tracy Hanson 66 72 72, Pat Hurst 69 65 76
211 Charlotta Sorenstam (Swe) 74 69 68, Kristi Albers 70 72 69, Nancy Scranton 73 68 70, Laurie Brower 72 68 71, Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 73 67 71, Alison Nicholas 60 70 72, Jackie Gallagher-Smith 72 66 73
212 Leslie Spalding 69 74 69, Denise Killeen 71 72 69, Michelle McGann 70 72 70, Joanne Morley (Gbr) 71 70 71, Michele Redman 67 70 75

Selected others:

214 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra) 73 68 73, Catrin Nilsmark (Swe) 72 67 75
215 Eva Dahloff (Swe) 75 67 73, Janice Moodie (Gbr) 74 69 72