Korda wins back-nine showdown with Hannah Green
Nelly Korda reacts as she is announced as the winner of the of the Mizuho Americas Open golf tournament on May 19 in Jersey City, N.J.Nelly Korda won a back-nine showdown with Hannah Green of Australia with a par on the 18th hole to capture the Mizuho Americas Open by a stroke Sunday for her sixth win in seven starts on the LPGA Tour this year.
After playing the front nine in 2-over and getting a motivational nudge from caddy Jason McDede, Korda matched birdies with Green on the 10th, 13th and 15th holes at scenic Liberty National to stay tied for the lead at 14 under. The pairing matched the tour’s only two multiple winners this year. After Korda put her drive in the fairway on the par-4 No. 18, Green pulled her drive into the left rough. Her second to the green was short and left and still in the rough. After Korda hit her approach to 15 feet from the hole, Green’s chip over a bunker landed 10 feet in front of the hole and then rolled back a little.
“I mean, to lose to Nelly kind of like is – it’s sad, but then it’s also Nelly Korda,” Green said. “You know, like she’s obviously so dominant right now. To feel like second behind her is quite nice. Unfortunately the bogey on the last has a little bit of a sour taste.” After being tied for the lead by Ayaka Furue of Japan and Kupcho with nine holes to play, Korda and Green turned the tournament into a two-player race with their matching birdies to open a four-shot lead over the rest of the field. When one hit it close, the other followed.Korda is the eighth player to win six times in a year since 1980. The others are Betsy King , Annika Sorenstam , Karrie Webb , Lorena Ochoa , Park, Beth Daniel and Yani Tseng .
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