Buhai proves she's no one-hit wonder with LPGA triumph: 'Got the monkey off my back'

South African golfer Ashleigh Buhai proved she is not a one-hit wonder after winning her first LPGA Tour title on US soil on Sunday, continuing her blistering form with a fourth title in less than 10 months.

The Johannesburg golfer began the final day at the ShopRite LPGA Classic three shots behind leader Dani Holmqvist before seizing the lead with an early charge that included four birdies in her first five holes.

The 34-year-old shot a consecutive six-under par 65 and held off South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim for a one-shot victory in Galloway, New Jersey.

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Buhai, who had kept her emotions in check on her way to a landmark LPGA Tour win, was duly celebrated with an obligatory champagne hose-down from her countrywoman Lee-Anne Pace at the Bay Course at Seaview.

"Mentally, I backed myself," Buhai told reporters on Sunday.

"I know I've been playing good golf and I just had to hang in there.

"I think, at first, it's always relief because you're at such a high intensity the whole day and you're nervous and trying to control that and not let the emotions get the best of you. Then, it's like relief and you can just enjoy it."

After the reigning British Open champion secured her first Major at Muirfield in August last year, which was also her first LPGA Tour win, she went on to win at the Women's Australian Open in December, then soared to victory at the South African Open in March.

Buhai, who has been playing her best golf, has finally got the American "monkey" off her back, and it's an emphatic confirmation that her Major breakthrough was no flash in the pan.

"It's huge. My goal this year was to win in the US - I hadn't won here yet," she said.

"After the AIG Women's