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Nelly Korda wins LPGA Chevron Championship
TL;DR
Nelly Korda won the LPGA Chevron Championship by five strokes, securing her third major title and reclaiming the world number one ranking. She finished with a two-under par 70 in the final round.
Key points
- Nelly Korda won the LPGA Chevron Championship.
- She secured her third major title.
- Korda's victory gives her the world number one ranking.
- She finished with a two-under par 70 in the final round.
- Yin Ruoning and Patty Tavatanakit tied for second.
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American Nelly Korda celebrates her victory in the LPGA Chevron Championship, first women's major of the year (Alex Slitz)
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Nelly Korda rolled to a five-stroke victory in the LPGA Chevron Championship on Sunday, capturing her third major title to assure her return to the world number one ranking.
The 27-year-old American took a five-shot lead into the final round and carded a two-under par 70 to win the first women's major of the year with China's Yin Ruoning and Thailand's Patty Tavatanakit sharing second.
Korda completed an impressive wire-to-wire victory at Memorial Park in Houston, becoming the third player in the last 50 years to win a major championship after leading by multiple strokes after each round.
"Honestly, having that big of a lead, it's not easy," Korda said. "It was definitely one of the hardest things I've had to do mentally. Just happy to get it done."
Korda, whose 2024 Chevron triumph was her second major after a victory in the 2021 Women's PGA, had matched the tournament's 54-hole scoring record with a 16-under total and opened the final round with an up and down birdie at the par-five first.
She nabbed another birdie at the par-five third, where her long eagle attempt just missed.
Playing partners Patty and Yin tried to keep some pressure on, both posting three birdies on the front nine, but the American was still up by five at the turn.
A three-putt bogey at the 12th saw Korda's lead cut to four, but she answered with birdies at the 13th and 14th -- bombing a drive at 13 and sticking her approach within three feet of the pin.
A bogey at 17 didn't even dent her lead as Yin made bogey as well.
Both of Korda's bogeys were three-putts, and she missed a couple of birdie chances as well.
"What I kept telling myself was I really want to hoist this trophy because I want to show the kids at home that it's OK to miss short putts and still win a major championship," she said.
"You're going to make mistakes, but you have to mentally still be in it 100 percent.
"I want to show it to myself, and I wanted to show it to everyone also looking up to me."
Q&A
What was the margin of victory for Nelly Korda at the LPGA Chevron Championship?
Nelly Korda won by five strokes.
How many major titles has Nelly Korda won with her victory at the Chevron Championship?
Nelly Korda has now won three major titles.
Who finished in second place at the LPGA Chevron Championship?
Yin Ruoning and Patty Tavatanakit shared second place.
