The 23-year-old from Northern California closed with a bogey-free 3-under 68 for a four-day total of 21-under 263.

The 23-year-old American golfer who hadn’t won a tournament since turning pro in 2019 pulled away from Jin Young Ko for the win in her 118th start.

Ko Jin-young jumped four spots to land in seventh place on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings after finishing runner-up at the Founders Cup presented by the U.S. Virgin Islands on the LPGA Tour on Sunday.

Yealimi Noh will always remember her first LPGA victory, but this will shine not just because she won, but who she beat to do it. The 23-year-old Californian shot a three-under 68 to beat 15-time LPGA winner Jin Young Ko by four shots to win the Founders Cup Sunday at Bradenton Country Club in Florida.