Starting the day two back from overnight leaders Chella Choi and Australian amateur Minjee Lee, Ko made a double bogey at the par-four sixth, which meant she was always playing catch-up during her back nine, although a birdie at the eighth did help.
The World No 4 then made two birdies and two bogeys on her back nine as she couldn't work her way any further up the leaderboard as she finished at 10-under for the tournament, two strokes back from champion Karrie Webb, alongside France's Karine Icher and American Paula Creamer.
Webb fired a four-under 68 today to move through the field and claim the title ahead of Choi (-11).