Nelly Korda makes run at Founders Cup, but this Korean star held on to win her eighth LPGA title
Hyo Joo Kim had a five-shot lead erased after 10 holes, but still won despite making bogeys on two of the last three holes to shoot 73
World No. 8 Hyo Joo Kim won the Fortinet Founders Cup in wire-to-wire fashion after a big third-round lead. No problem, right?
Wrong. It was a testy, gusty, performance by the Korean star because she lost a rare five-shot lead and survived a valiant charge by World No. 2 Nelly Korda.
Korda pulled into a tie after just 10 holes as she birdied five holes on the front nine after an early bogey. Kim was on the ropes but that seemed to ignite some of her best stuff, especially with her incredible short game. Kim made a big up-and-down on No.
13 and then on No. 17 she pulled off a great shot from the rough that nearly went in the hole and she made the seven-footer to win by one shot over Korda at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park, Calif. Kim, 30, bogeyed two of the last three holes and shot a final-round 73 to raise the tournament’s trophy for the second time.