Halifax, Nova Scotia ? Meena Lee patiently waited on the ninth tee when play was held up for several minutes while four ducks slowly waddled across the fairway to one of the large lakes on the picturesque Glen Arbour course.

The 23-year-old South Korean rookie was a lot more antsy a few minutes later when she realized she was in position to win the Canadian Women’s Open.

“I didn’t think about winning at the start, so I felt very free,” Lee said through a translator. “Later, I was getting nervous and very intense.”

After nearly winning twice earlier this season, Lee overcame her back-nine nerves to become the LPGA Tour’s record-tying fourth straight first-time winner Sunday. She closed with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over playing partner Katherine Hull.

Lee couldn’t relax until Janice Moodie finished. Moodie, the leader after each of the first three rounds, had a chance to force a playoff with a birdie on the par-5 18th, but three-putted for a double bogey that left her three strokes back.

“I couldn’t watch her,” Lee said. “I was very nervous.”

Lee finished at 9-under 279 and earned $195,000. She opened with rounds of 73, 68 and 69 on the hilly course.

“She played well all day and deserved to win,” Hull said.

Lee tied for second at the Corning Classic, closing with a double bogey to finish two strokes behind Jimin Kang. Leta Lindley (68), Il Mi Chung (72) and Angela Stanford (73) finished two strokes back at 7 under, and Moodie (75) tied for sixth at 6 under along with Brittany Lang (68), Johanna Head (68) and Dorothy Delasin (73).