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Brooke Henderson won the Cambia Portland Classic by eight strokes on Sunday to become the third-youngest champion in LPGA Tour history.
The Canadian teen closed with a three under 69 at Columbia Edgewater to finish at 21 under 267, the lowest total since the event went from 54 holes to 72 in 2013.
Only Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson have won LPGA tournaments at a younger age than Henderson, who is 17 years, 11 months and six days old,
Henderson's eight-stroke win is the largest margin of victory on the LPGA Tour since Jiyai Shin won the 2012 Women's British Open by nine shots.
She claimed the lead in Friday's second round and never let go of it thanks to a sensational round of 65 on Saturday.
Henderson added five more birdies on Sunday and even two dropped shots in the last six holes were never going to prove costly, such was her advantage.
Korea's Ha Na Jang finished in a tie for second with Candie Kung of Chinese Taipei - they both finished with rounds of 70 - and Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum who carded a 68.
Spain's Azahara Munoz fared best of the European challenge in a tie for fifth place on 12 under alongside American pair Austin Ernst and Mo Martin.
Elsewhere, Hannah O'Sullivan won the US Women's Amateur championship, beating Sierra Brooks 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final at Portland Golf Club.
The 17-year-old O'Sullivan, from Chandler, Arizona, took the lead with a birdie on the 30th, added birdie wins on the 32nd and 33rd and ended the match with a two-putt par for a halve on the par-four 34th.
O'Sullivan won the Symetra Tour's Gateway Classic in February at the age of 16 to become the youngest winner in the history of the professional circuit
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