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Nelly Korda wins Ford Championship in Arizona to claim third successive LPGA Tour title
Nelly Korda hit a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to claim her third LPGA Tour victory on the trot in Arizona.
The world number one, who started the day two shots off the lead, closed with two birdies in her final three holes to set the clubhouse target on 20 under.
Australian rookie Hira Naveed (66) finished second on 18 under, while Lexi Thompson’s challenge ended in the water on the 16th as she faded to third.
“I knew I had to shoot a low one and I played some smart golf,” said Korda.
“It’s hard mentally to stay 100% the week after a win but to win three on the trot is a dream.”
Korda won the LPGA Drive On Championship in January and then took seven weeks off before returning to win last week’s Seri Pak Championship in California. This week’s win at the inaugural Ford Championship in Phoenix is her 11th Tour title.
She is the first player to win three LPGA Tour events in succession since Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn in 2018. American Nancy Lopez (1978) and Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) hold the record with five.
European Solheim Cup players Carlota Ciganda of Spain and Sweden’s Maya Stark both finished joint third on 17 under in blustery and rainy conditions.
Nelly Korda secured her sixth victory in seven tournaments by winning the Mizuho Americas Open on Sunday.
The 25-year-old’s level-par 71 saw her win on 14 under, one shot clear of Australian Hannah Green at the Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City.
Korda started the final day with a two-shot lead but had three bogeys and one birdie on the front nine to be level with Green at the halfway point.
After matching each other down the stretch it was the Australian who blinked first, missing a par putt on the 18th that would have forced a play-off.
The victory means American Korda bounced back at the first opportunity after her winning streak of five came to an end at last week’s Cognizant Founders Cup.
The world number one’s run had included last month’s Chevron Championship, the first major of the season.
It was Korda’s 14th LPGA Tour victory as she became the first American to win six or more times in a season since Beth Daniel won seven times in 1990. American legend Mickey Wright holds the record with 13 victories in 1963.
Korda will next turn her attention to the US Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club, which begins on 30 May.
Great Britain’s Olympic BMX champion Bethany Shriever has fractured her collarbone two months before defending her title at the Paris 2024 Games.
The 25-year-old sustained the injury at the BMX Racing World Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
She crashed out on the final straight in her semi-final on Saturday.
“Not how I wanted my World Champs to end, but it’s BMX,” Shriever posted on Instagram on Sunday.
“Leaving this four-week trip with a fractured collarbone, time to get our heads down and get to work. Grateful for the team behind me.”
Shriever claimed Britain’s first BMX Olympic medal with gold at Tokyo 2020.
This summer’s Olympics begin on Friday, 26 July.
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