Malaga: France's Nastasia Nadaud stormed to victory, firing a 66 to win the season-ending Andalucia Open de Espana by four strokes on the Ladies European Tour (LET) on Sunday.
The 21-year-old started the day in third place, five shots behind overnight leader Trichat Cheenglab and found birdies early in her round at Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf.
Nadaud made birdies on the first and third holes and an eagle on the fourth. She made another birdie on the fifth to go to the top of the leaderboard.
After the turn, the Frenchwoman rolled in three birdies on the trot on holes 10, 11 and 12 before dropping a shot on the 13th and 16th holes.
However, Nadaud went to the 18th hole with a four-shot lead and rolled in her par to seal her maiden LET title with a score of 16-under 272.
"I don't really know what to say! It's been so intense all week, I'm really happy with the outcome," said Nadaud. "It's been a rollercoaster week, but it's insane. I don't have the words right now."
Nadaud has been working with LET player Michele Thomson as her caddie since the start of September and she credits her with improving her confidence in her game.
She added: "It has been an amazing run of events with Michele since she started with me in Houston. She has really helped me with my self-confidence, my mental game and my golf game of course. She brings so much confidence for me, I really love that."
Australia's Kirsten Rudgeley ended the week in solo second place after a final round of 69 in Malaga.
The 24-year-old rolled in a birdie at the first and added another on the fourth before back-to-back birdies on six and seven.
She added another on the 14th hole before her only mistake of the day -- a double bogey on 17 -- but it was enough to seal second place on 12-under 276.
Four players finished in a share of third place with Australia's Kelsey Bennett (66), Germany's Olivia Cowan (67), Norway's Dorthea Forbrigd (68) and France's Perrine Delacour (73) all on 11-under. Four players finished in a tie for seventh place with France's Camille Chevalier (69), Italy's Alessandra Fanali (70), England's Mimi Rhodes (70) and Thailand's Trichat (77).
In the LET Order of Merit, Singapore's Shannon Tan ended the year as No.1 183.01 points ahead of England's Rhodes with Nadaud jumping from ninth to third in the rankings.