Shin ‌entered the final round on Sunday with a five-stroke lead - and needed it. She overcame five bogeys to finish ‌at three-over-par 75 at Dundonald Links and finished at nine-under 279 for the tournament.

The 33-year-old South ‌Korean led from the front in Scotland but her last win on the tour was her maiden one in 2016, at the now-defunct Volunteers of America Texas Shootout.

"My first win didn't really feel like a win at the time. I didn't feel like I deserved it," said Shin, still wet after being doused with water during the ‌post-round celebration.

"But this ‌one definitely ⁠feels a lot different. This one feels like I earned it. I ​worked hard for it. I started working with my putting coach four years ago, and he asked me what my goal was. I said I needed to win before I retire.

"So I had been wanting it so badly in the last four years. I'm very, very excited."

The last LPGA Tour player to wait ⁠10 or more years between official victories was American Vicki ‌Fergon, who ​went 12 years and three months between wins at the 1984 S&H Golf Classic and the 1996 ​Michelob Light ‌Heartland Classic.

Shin carded bogeys on holes six to eight before halting her slide with birdies on holes ​10 and 12. She limped down the home stretch with bogeys at the 16th and 18th.

"I feel like I've done everything wrong, just wasn't hitting it like I was ​the last ​three days and was hitting it into ​bunkers, bushes, and it wasn't fun," Shin said. "With the ‌three bogeys in a row, I thought, 'Oh, boy, I don't know where this is going to go.'

"But I hung in there and so I'm quite proud of myself. Very happy."

A Lim Kim shot a 68 to climb into second place at seven-under, two strokes ahead of Thailand's Pajaree ​Anannarukarn (74).

Kim, of South Korea, answered a bogey on the second hole with a birdie on ​the third. She rattled off ⁠four straight birdies from the ninth hole.

Germany's Esther Henseleit (73) finished in fourth place ​at 4-under for the tournament.

Australia's Hannah Green (70, 294) finished with a share of 31st place. Of the other Aussies, Grace Kim (78, 298) tied for 44th while Robyn Choi (74, 302) shared 56th.