World No 1 Nelly Korda went on a five-hole birdie burst to say her seventh LPGA Tour title of 2024 as 54-hole chief Charley Hull light within the ultimate spherical of The ANNIKA in Florida.
Hull led Korda and China’s Weiwei Zhang by one shot going into Sunday however then carded a one-over 71 – an erratic entrance 9 featured three bogeys and two birdies – to finish on 11 underneath.
Korda, who triumphed with a rating of 14 underneath, additionally stuttered popping out with three bogeys and a solitary achieve, however sizzled on her again 9, choosing up 5 photographs on the trot between 11 and 15.
Hull made only one birdie throughout that stretch as her hopes of a second title this month – after the Aramco Staff Sequence Riyadh on the Girls European Tour – evaporated.
Korda signed for a three-under 67 to complete three strokes away from Hull, Zhang and South Korea’s Jin Hee Im, with Sweden’s Linn Grant and USA’s Rose Zhang sharing fifth on 10 underneath.
Korda has gained The ANNIKA 3 times in 4 years after going back-to-back in 2021 and 2022, with the 26-year-old to now head to subsequent week’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship – additionally in Florida – filled with confidence after a dramatic yr.
Korda wins once more after headline-making season
Korda gained six trophies in seven begins between January and Could, with a record-equalling run of 5 straight LPGA Tour titles culminating in victory on the Chevron Championship as she scooped her second main title, after the 2021 Girls’s PGA Championship.
Korda then missed three cuts in a row, nonetheless, together with on the US Girls’s Open and PGA Championship as she shot rounds of 80 or above in each.
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She took a break from the sport from September till this week after a neck damage that she feels was triggered by extreme migraines that solely sleep and being at nighttime may quell.
Korda mentioned after profitable The ANNIKA: “It feels great to be back out here and there’s nothing like being in the hunt.
“There’s nothing just like the adrenaline feeling on the again 9 and being in rivalry. I like it a lot.”
Hull was looking to claim her third LPGA Tour title and first since the Volunteers of America Classic in October 2022 but had to settle for joint second at The ANNIKA as Korda tasted a first tournament victory since the Mizuho Americas Open six months ago.
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