Sweden's Maja Stark wins the US Women's Open for her first major championship
Stark, who played at Oklahoma State from 2019-21, is the first Swede to win a US Women's Open since Annika Sorenstam in 2006.
This is Stark's second LPGA title. She also won the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational, a Ladies European Tour event in Northern Ireland that was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.
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