Cristie Kerr opened up a three-shot lead early Monday morning and held on to win the State Farm LPGA Classic.  It is her 13^th career victory, her first since last May and her second State Farm win.  Anna Nordqvist and Na Yeon Choi finished one shot behind at -21 while Shanshan Feng and Hee Young Park tied for fourth at -20.

Play resumed this morning (apparently late after another weather delay) with Kerr and Nordqvist tied at -20.  From the get-go, the action on the leaderboard was hot and heavy.  Kerr had left herself a short birdie putt at 9 yesterday which she canned to immediately take the lead at -21.  Jee Young Lee birdied her first two holes (16 and 17) to reach -19, where she finished as leader in the clubhouse.  Park birdied 12 and 13 (giving her three straight) to go -18.  Feng birdied 15 and Choi birdied 10, putting them both at -18 and within three of the lead.  With all these birdies flying around, Kerr collected a big one at 10 to reach -22 and a two-shot lead.  When Nordqvist stumbled at 12 - she bogeyed to drop three shots behind - it looked like Cristie had everything under control.

But she stopped making birdies - 11 through 15 brought only pars.  Anna came back quickly with birdies at 13 and 14 to draw within one.  Feng ran out of holes - she birdied 16 and 18 to wind up -20.  So did Park - she birdied 16 and 17 to finish the same.  Only Choi had enough holes left to catch the top two.  After four straight pars from 11 through 14, NYC birdied 15 and 16 to reach -20.  Kerr finally broke through when she birdied the par-5 16^th, taking a two-shot lead at -23 with two to go.  Nordqvist could only par the final four holes and finished at -21.  Choi parred 17, then birdied 18 to tie Anna for second place.  With a shot to play with, Cristie bogeyed 18 to come home with the trophy.

Golf Channel is currently showing coverage of yesterday's third round for some reason.  If they get around to showing this morning's action I won't be able to follow it closely enough to embellish this narrative.  If I manage to see what happened to Nordqvist at 12 or Kerr's bogey at 18 (did she play safe or nearly blow her two-shot lead?), I'll update later.