Korda ties LPGA record with fifth straight victory
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS » Nelly Korda couldn’t have imagined the incredible run she’s put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.
“Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health,” she said. “Competing was kind of on the back seat. I was not thinking about competing at all. But I think all of the sad times and the health scares that I have gone through have made me who I am today.”
Fully healthy now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world’s No. 1 player hasn’t lost a tournament since January.
Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a twostroke victory in the Chevron Championship.
Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women’s PGA Championship.
“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,” she said.
Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-anddown birdie for a two-shot victory. She had a fourday total of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.
Scheffler has 5-shot lead at Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.» Turns out only the rain can stop Masters champion Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler holed a difficult pitch for eagle on his second hole Sunday and turned the RBC Heritage into another rout. A storm system with heavy rain stopped play for 2 ½ hours, forcing a Monday finish.
U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark made a furious charge early in the round at 8 under through 11 holes, only to lose ground with a double bogey in the trees. He posted a 6-under 65 and finished at 15-under 269. Scheffler was 20 under and has three holes remaining when the final round resumes at 6 a.m. MT Monday.
Horschel wins in Dominican Republic
PUNTA CANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC» Billy Horschel went to the Dominican Republic in search of momentum and came away with a PGA Tour victory Sunday. Horschel ran off four straight birdies on the front nine to get in the mix, began to pull away with an eagle on the par-5 12th hole and closed with a 9-under 63 for a two-shot victory in the Corales Puntacana Championship.
Broadhurst wins Invited Celebrity
IRVING, TEXAS Paul Broadhurst closed with a 5-under 66, playing bogey-free over the final nine holes to hang on for a one-shot victory over David Toms in the Invited Celebrity Classic for his sixth PGA Tour Champions title. The tournament was reduced to 36 holes because of heavy rain Saturday.