Nelly Korda claimed her second main title and a exceptional fifth successive event win as she clinched victory within the Chevron Championship by two pictures.
The world No 1’s victory at The Woodlands in Texas noticed her tie the report for essentially the most consecutive LPGA wins, matching Nancy Lopez’s mark set in 1978 and Annika Sorenstam’s throughout 2004-05.
Korda started the ultimate spherical of this 12 months’s first main one stroke behind South Korean chief Haeran Ryu however a three-under closing spherical of 69 was sufficient to earn the 25-year-old American the victory at 13 below for the event.
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Korda hit this pretty chip-in birdie on the tenth through the Chevron Championship
Sweden’s Maja Stark completed two pictures additional again in second after additionally closing with a 69, whereas American Lauren Coughlin and Canada’s Brooke Henderson – who began stage with Korda after a brilliant third spherical of 64 – had been tied in third place at 10 below. Ryu carded a two-over 74 to complete fifth.
When requested how she was capable of put collectively 5 wins in 5 consecutive tournaments, Korda, who made 5 birdies however had two bogeys on the again 9 of her closing spherical, stated: “I do not know, however I can lastly breathe now.
“That again 9 felt just like the longest again 9 of my total life. It was just a little little bit of a grind on the again 9, however I am completely happy to get the win.
“I used to be undoubtedly beginning to really feel it on the again 9, simply the nerves setting in. It is a main. It is every part that I’ve at all times needed as just a little woman.
“I can lastly breathe now and simply benefit from the second as a result of I used to be undoubtedly actually nervous. I really feel sick to my abdomen.”
Korda’s first main win got here on the Ladies’s PGA Championship in 2021 and he or she secured the primary of her 5 straight titles this 12 months on the LPGA Drive On Championship in January.
She then took a seven-week break earlier than returning to win three occasions within the area of three weeks, together with beating Eire’s Leona Maguire within the closing of the T-Cell Match Play a fortnight in the past.
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Jasmine Koo acquired a fortunate break on the The Chevron Championship as her shot bounced off an promoting board floating within the water
By way of British curiosity within the event, 20-year-old Lottie Woad – winner of the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie earlier this month – missed out on ending because the lowest novice. The English future star, who had been in rivalry at 4 below via Friday, finally completed one below after a two-over closing spherical of 74.
Charley Hull and Georgia Corridor each signed off with 72s to additionally end one below, whereas Jodi Ewart Shadoff (+3) and Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh (+4) had disastrous closing rounds of 79 and 80, respectively. Northern Eire’s Stephanie Meadow ended the week on stage par.
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