Alexa Pano celebrated her 19th birthday in style on Sunday with a breakthrough LPGA Tour win in the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland.
Pano, who grew up in Westborough, Mass., started her day at the Galgorm Castle Golf Club four shots off the lead after shooting rounds of 76-70-69. Her scores steadily improved as she eliminated bogeys over the three rounds.
In the fourth round, Pano continued that trend and shot a 66 to leap from 2-under par to 8-under par. Her final round included nine birdies and three bogeys.