Korda wins 4th straight LPGA Tour start, beating Maguire in T-Mobile Match Play

Nelly Korda won the T-Mobile Match Play on Sunday to become the first LPGA Tour player in 16 years to win four straight starts, taking four of the first seven holes and going on to beat Leona Maguire 4 and 3 at Shadow Creek in North Las Vegas.

Lorena Ochoa in 2008 was the last player to win four consecutive starts. Korda, the world's top-ranked player, will try to tie the record of five — set by Nancy Lopez in 1978 and matched by Annika Sorenstam in 2004-05 — in two weeks at the season's first major, The Chevron Championship.

Because Korda took seven weeks off after winning in January in her hometown of Bradenton, Fla., this victory was her third straight in a scheduled event. Four players share the record of four in a row, with Mickey Wright doing it twice.

This was the first head-to-head match-play singles event between Korda and Maguire, but they have experience against each other in similar settings at the Solheim Cup. The Irish player is 3-1 while representing Europe in team match-play events against Korda.

The final moments of the fourth title of the year for <a href="https://twitter.com/NellyKorda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NellyKorda</a><br><br>She defeated Leona Maguire 4&amp;3 to take the championship match at <a href="https://twitter.com/LPGAMatchPlay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LPGAMatchPlay</a>