Nelly Korda’s dominance on the LPGA Tour continued Sunday as she picked up a one-stroke victory over Hannah Inexperienced to win the Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday.
It was Korda’s sixth match victory in her final seven begins. She saved par on the 18th hole, which gave her simply sufficient to defeat Inexperienced.
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Nelly Korda poses for an image after she received the Mizuho Americas Open golf match on Sunday, Might 19, 2024 in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig)
“Oh, my gosh, six,” Korda mentioned. “I can’t even actually collect myself proper now with that, the face to face that Hannah and I had just about all day. Wasn’t my finest stuff on the market in the present day, however fought actually onerous on the again 9.”
“It was simply wonderful to share the stage with Hannah.”
Korda nonetheless has fairly a protracted summer season to go, however six wins places her inside hanging distance of reaching the LPGA file for many wins in a season. Mickey Wright set the mark in 1963 with a 13-win season.
She is the fourth participant to win six occasions earlier than June 1, becoming a member of Babe Zaharis, Louise Suggs and Lorena Ochoa. She can also be the primary golfer to win six occasions in a single season since Inbee Park in 2013.
She now seems for her seventh victory in two weeks on the U.S. Women’s Open, an occasion she has but to win.
“Clearly, it’s on the highest of my precedence checklist,” she mentioned. “I simply know there may be by no means any good once you put extra stress on your self. Simply going to remain in my bubble that week and take it a shot at a time.”
For Inexperienced, she took the loss in stride.
Hannah Inexperienced of Australia holds up her ball after sinking her putt on the primary inexperienced throughout the last spherical of the Mizuho Americas Open golf match on Sunday, Might 19, 2024 in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig)
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“I imply, to lose to Nelly form of like is — it’s unhappy, however then it’s additionally Nelly Korda,” Inexperienced mentioned. “You understand, like she’s clearly so dominant proper now. To really feel like second behind her is kind of good. Sadly, the bogey on the final has a bit little bit of a bitter style.”
Korda has 14 profession LPGA Tour wins.
Inexperienced received the JM Eagle LA Championship, an occasion Korda needed to pull out of earlier than the match began. Rose Zhang broke Korda’s streak with a win on the Cognizant Founders Cup. She needed to withdraw from the Mizuho Americas Open resulting from an sickness.
Nelly Korda, proper, poses for an image with AJGA champion Gianna Clemente after successful the Mizuho Americas Open golf match on Sunday, Might 19, 2024 in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey. Clemente received the beginner portion of the occasion. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig)
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Korda didn’t play within the Honda LPGA Thailand, HSBC Girls’s World Championship or the Blue Bay LPGA occasions.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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