Nelly Korda wins The Chevron to return to No. 1. Fitzpatrick brothers take Zurich Classic
Nelly Korda won The Chevron Championship on Sunday with a performance worthy of her return to No. 1 in women’s golf. Staked to a five-shot lead at the start, Korda was efficient as ever and no one could get closer than four shots all afternoon at Memorial Park.
Korda not only won wire-to-wire, it was never really a contest.
HOUSTON (AP) — Nelly Korda won The Chevron Championship on Sunday with a performance worthy of her return to No. 1 in women’s golf. Staked to a five-shot lead at the start, Korda was efficient as ever and no one could get closer than four shots all afternoon at Memorial Park.
She closed with a 2-under 70 for a five-shot victory to capture the third major of her career. The victory was her 17th on the LPGA and 21st worldwide, and it was enough for the 27-year-old American star to move back to the top of the women’s world ranking for the first time since August. Korda not only won wire-to-wire, it was never really a contest.
She hit 5-iron to 5 feet for birdie on her 16th hole of the opening round Thursday to take the lead and never trailed again. She celebrated in the best manner possible — a cannon ball into the 4 1/2-foot pool built to the right of the 18th green to keep with the tradition at this major that dates to 1988 when the winner jumped into Poppie’s Pond at Mission Hills in the California desert. Korda finished at 18-under 270, one short of Dottie Pepper’s 1999 tournament record at Mission Hills.
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