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Nelly Korda won nan Chevron Championship connected Sunday pinch a capacity worthy of her return to nan No 1 ranking successful women’s golf.
Holding a five-shot lead astatine nan commencement of nan last round, Korda was businesslike arsenic ever and nary 1 could get person than 4 shots each day astatine Memorial Park. She closed pinch a two-under 70 for a five-shot triumph to seizure nan 3rd awesome of her career.
The triumph was her 17th connected nan LPGA and 21st worldwide, and it was capable for nan 27-year-old American to move backmost to nan apical of nan women’s world ranking for nan first clip since August.
Korda not only won wire-to-wire, it was ne'er really a contest. She deed a five-iron to 5 ft for birdie connected her 16th spread of nan opening information connected Thursday to return nan lead and ne'er trailed again.
She joined Juli Inkster (1989) and Amy Alcott (1991), some astatine Nabisco Dinah Shore, arsenic nan only players successful nan past 50 years to triumph LPGA fields erstwhile starring by aggregate shots aft each round.
Korda mightiness conscionable beryllium getting started connected different stellar season. She has played successful nan last group each 5 tournaments she has played this year, winning nan play opener and nan first major, finishing runner-up successful nan different three.
