Nelly Korda made 5 consecutive birdies on the again 9 Sunday to win her seventh LPGA occasion of the yr.
Korda, who began the ultimate spherical at The Annika trailing Charley Hull, was 2 over on the day by 10 holes at Pelican Golf Membership, two off the tempo. She then birdied Nos. 11-15 to create a two-shot benefit with three holes to play.
Korda parred in for a 3-under 67 and a three-shot triumph at minus-14.
Hull (71), Jin Hee Im (68) and WeiWei Zhang (70) tied for second. Rose Zhang (67) and Linn Grant (66) tied for fifth.
The victory was Korda’s seventh of the season and got here in her first begin in practically two months after she missed the complete Asia swing due to a minor neck harm.
Her final-round flourish marked her second straight day rallying from a sluggish begin. Korda started the third spherical with two bogeys over her first 4 holes and fell six pictures again of Hull earlier than making six birdies to trim her in a single day deficit to at least one.
Sunday, she had three bogeys and a birdie over her first eight holes earlier than streaking previous Hull and Co. on the inward half.
One occasion stays on the 2024 LPGA schedule, the CME Group Tour Championship, the place $4 million will go to the winner.
Along with her newest first-place examine, Korda pushed her season whole to greater than $4.16 million. Lorena Ochoa, who gained eight instances in 2007, holds the single-season document with $4,364,994.
