The Bangkok native's woes continued at the last where Feng could only muster a par-five. With a three-foot birdie putt facing her to even the match, Moriya pulled it left to miss out on a playoff.

In a display of sportsmanship, Feng said she wanted Moriya to make the putt at the final hole and had found it difficult to watch. In accepting her trophy, the bronze medalist at the Rio Olympic Games said she hoped her world No. 1 ranking would inspire more Chinese to take up golf.

"I'm really happy about that and I hope all the Chinese are going to be watching me and the Chinese can play golf. Hopefully there will be more Chinese getting on the tours and more world number ones coming up from China."

Moriya, the older sister of world No. 9 Ariya Jutanugarn (73) who finished nine strokes off the pace, lamented another opportunity lost to win her first US LPGA title. She said she was just trying to give herself a chance on the final hole.

"Of course everybody is cheering for her. I mean, Shanshan is a great player, and very happy for her that she played really solid," said the 24-year-old who has posted 11 top-10 finishes on the US LPGA Tour this season. "I mean, she had a really good week in her home country, which is really cool."

South Korean Park Sung-hyun, who became the new world No. 1 on Tuesday, closed with even-par 72 to finish equal third with South African Ashleigh Buhai (73) and Americans Megan Khang (68) and Jessica Korda (71) at five strokes back.

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