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Lately topped girls’s golf world No. 1 Nelly Korda gained her eleventh profession title on Sunday and claimed her third LPGA victory in a row, profitable the Ford Championship at Seville Golf and Nation Membership.

The 25-year-old navigated depressing situations in Gilbert, Arizona, to hit a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 and win by two pictures over Australian rookie Hira Naveed.

Regardless of beginning the day two pictures off the lead, Korda expressed afterwards that she felt it was a snug victory.

“I feel it was positively certainly one of my least annoying wins immediately. I performed actually stable golf,” she mentioned. “I didn’t make too many errors, and if I did, I simply had an easy chip. General, I capitalized on the vast majority of my actually good pictures on the market immediately and made some good putts as effectively. I’m very, more than happy with how I performed immediately within the robust situations.”

Korda gained the LPGA Drive On Championship in January earlier than taking a seven-week break. She made a profitable return on the Seri Pak Championship in California on March 24 earlier than taking earlier than taking victory at this previous weekend’s inaugural version of the Ford Championship.

With the win, Korda turned the primary lady to win three consecutive begins since 2016, and the primary American to realize the feat since Nancy Lopez gained 5 straight occasions in 1978, per the Tour. Moreover, she is the primary participant to take house three LPGA Tour titles earlier than April 1 since Yani Tseng did so 12 years in the past and the primary American to perform this since JoAnne Carner in 1980.

“I’m simply actually having fun with myself on the market,” Korda mentioned about her unbelievable latest type.
“I really like golf. I’ve at all times cherished golf. Generally, it’s tougher than different days.
Final yr was positively one of many tougher years. I by no means actually bought any momentum going with accidents and such. The previous two years in all honesty.

“I might say the reset that I had after [the LPGA Drive On Championship] actually, actually helped me. I actually loved my day off. Spent plenty of time with my household. Went again to Prague. I loved life outdoors of golf a bit of. Simply disconnected. To me, that was the proper reset going into this busy schedule.”

Korda ended her day with two birdies in her remaining three holes to seal the win. Regardless of her dominance, she was pushed to the tip by Naveed, who was making solely her third LGPA Tour begin.

“There may be nice golf on the market, nice gamers on the market, so I used to be simply making an attempt to do my greatest and rating as greatest as I can,” Naveed informed the media, per the Tour. “(Nelly is) an incredible participant. To share the stage together with her is actually an honor. Yeah, it was an ideal day. Simply fell brief, however, once more, it’s an expertise, so we transfer on.”