Women's Open winner Popov on making a mark in German golf

Sophia Popov won the AIG Women's Open in Troon, Scotland on Sunday. She became the first German to win a women's major trophy.

An emotional Popov, whose previous appearance in the AIG Women's Open was as an amateur in 2011, said of her brilliant win, "It feels amazing.

"There's a lot of hard work behind it, and a lot of struggles that I went through the last six years, especially health-wise" (Lyme disease).

The 27-year-old finished with 277 shots (-7) ahead of Thailand's Jasmine Suwannapura (279/-5) and Australia's Minjee Lee (281/-3).