Nelly Korda shined in Gilbert’s Sevilla GCC and achieved his third consecutive victory

The American golfer destroyed it at the Seville GCC in Gilbert and took his third straight victory on the circuit.

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The American Nelly Korda shined in its own light on the last day of Ford Championshipargued in Gilbert’s Seville GCC (Arizona), to sign up third consecutive victory at the circuitwhile the Spanish Carlota Ciganda He did not finish fighting for victory, but he achieved his best course result with third place.

North American completed a Amazing final round with 65 strokes to move up the standings and take the victory with a total of 20 strokes under par for the fieldwith two ahead of the Australian Hira Naveed and three about a group composed of South Koreans Mi Hyang Leethe Swedes Frida Kinhult and Maja StarkAmerican too Lexi Thompson and himself Ciganda.

As Korda closed his deficit and took the lead, The rest of the candidates couldn’t keep up with their pace and ended up giving up on their impeccable game.. Korda waited quietly in the clubhouse for the other competitors to finish so he could celebrate her eleventh title and become the first player since Ariya Jutanugarn in 2016 to win three tournaments in a row and the first since Nancy López achieved it in 1978.

Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda, before the end of the final round (Christian Petersen/Getty Images).

Furthermore, it is the first to win three tournaments before April 1 since Yani Tseng in 2012 and the first American to do so since JoAnne Carner in 1980.

Ciganda paid dearly for the bogeys but came back with two birdies

Kay Ciganda, who started the last day in the lead, He was penalized for the two bogeys he made on holes 3 and 13. They prevent him from having any options for success, though The two birdies he got on 16 and 17 allowed him to recover and finish in the top 3 for the first time this seasonwhere he only made the cut in one of the three circuit tournaments he played.

The Navarrese, the great contender for European success in the last Solheim Cup, who has two circuit victories on his record, It climbed to 43rd place on the season list, led by Korda with authority.

Meanwhile, Andalusian Azahara Muñoz, who had a great start with 64, closed the tournament with his worst round of the weekend, with 75 strokes for a total of 278, which left him in forty-fifth position.

Source: Tycsports

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