The 21-year-old Japanese, ranked top on the Japan Tour this season, downed the par-five seventh in two and sank another four birdies against one bogey to finish the three rounds at 13-under-par 203.
Ueda received the winner's cheque of $227,000 ahead of Sweden's Maria Hjorth and Reilley Rankin of the United States.
"I'm determined to come back here next year as a stronger Momoko Ueda. But we have some more tournaments this season. I'm going to concentrate on finishing top in the rankings," she said.
Ueda, who claimed her fifth Japan Tour win and fourth this season, did not say whether she would take up her option of playing on the US Tour next season.
"I will think about it later," she said.
Hjorth started the day one stroke behind Ueda and eagled the first hole, drawing her level with the Japanese who birdied.
But Ueda's albatross put her in front and she increased her lead with a birdie on the 16th.
Japan's Shinobu Moromizato finished fourth on 208, followed by overnight co-leader Laura Davies who was level par for the day to be tied with South Korea's Kim Mi-Hyun and Japan's Chie Arimura and Mie Nakata on 209.
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