LPGA Tour star Nelly Korda joins elite company with 5th straight win
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While Scottie Scheffler is wreaking havoc on the PGA Tour, Nelly Korda is doing the exact same on the LPGA Tour.
Korda won the Chevron Championship on Sunday, the year’s first major on the LPGA Tour, and it marked her fifth straight victory.
Korda, 25, joined Annika Sorestam and Nancy Lopez as the only members on Tour who have won five consecutive events. It was also Korda’s second career major victory, having won the Women’s PGA Championship in 2021.
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Nelly Korda tees off on the 12th hole during the championship round of The Chevron Championship at Carlton Woods on Sunday, April 21, 2024 in The Woodlands. Nelly Korda won the tournament by shooting a combined13 below par. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
"It's been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here," Korda said, via ESPN.
Korda was able to hoist the Chevron Championship trophy after birdying the par-5 18th hole at Carlton Woods in Texas. She beat out Maja Stark, who birdied her final two holes to pull within one stroke of Korda.
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Korda’s 13-under performance for the tournament had several highlights, too, including a chip-in birdie on the par-4 10th hole in her final round that left the crowd roaring.
With the victory, Korda won $1.2 million from the $7.9 million purse for the major. She has now earned $2,424,216 this year.
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