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[LPGA TOUR]

KORDA WINS FOURTH CAREER VICTORY

AT GAINBRIDGE LPGA

넬리 코다, 게인브릿지 LPGA에서 4 번째 커리어 우승

hen Nelly Korda’s final putt dropped at Lake Nona March 13 and Charlotta won the Standard Register PING
WGolf & Country Club, the emotions took over. on March 19.
Tears welled in her eyes, as she realized the day’s reward. Korda’s win come just months after tweaking her back
The 22-year-old had won her fourth victory on the LPGA during the 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and
Tour since joining in 2017 at the Gainbridge LPGA, after having to withdraw, then taking two months off from
what she coined a “stressful” day. events to recover for the U.S. Women’s Open and the CME
Group Tour Championship. It’s been a process, but one
Korda, who held the 54-hole lead the night before, started Korda is grateful for.
with three birdies on her front nine. She followed it up World No. 1 Jin Young Ko ended the day at -11 in solo
with 12 straight pars until the end, including a crucial fourth, her fourth consecutive top-five finish, dating back
par save on the par-5 No. 15, the week’s Aon Risk Reward to the 2020 Volunteers of America Classic. Sarah Kemp
Challenge hole. After the ball rolled down the green and finished in a tie for fifth with 2020/21 LPGA Tour rookie,
off, Korda chipped just a few feet from the pin and exhaled Patty Tavatanakit at -10. Angel Yin, who started the day -10
a sigh of relief when her putt barely stayed in the hole. and in a tie for third, struggled on the final day, carding
The win is Korda’s first on American soil, and her three double bogeys and five birdies to record a 73 and
first professional win in front of her parents. It’s the finish in seventh.
second time in LPGA Tour history that sisters have won Annika Sorentam capped off her first appearance on Tour
consecutive events (her sister, Jessica, won the season’s since 2008 with a final-round 76, and finished in 74th at
opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champion). +13. “You know, I'm just thankful for being here, playing
The first was Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam in 2000; here and be able to make the cut. I think overall it's been
Annika won the Welch’s/Circle K Championship on quite successful in the sense that I accomplished what I

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