Five wins. Five starts. Nelly Korda has once again matched women’s golf history.
Korda won the Chevron Championship for her fifth victory in five consecutive tournament starts, joining Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004, 2005) as the only players to go five-for-five on the LPGA.
The 25-year-old defeated Maja Stark by two shots to capture her second career major championship and 13th Tour win, carding a 13-under tournament total at the Club at Carlton Woods on Sunday.
“I can finally breathe now,” Korda said standing on the 18th green in Houston after the final round took more than six hours to complete. “That back nine felt like the longest back nine of my entire life.”
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After the weather-delayed third round concluded in the morning, Korda teed off in the final threesome tied with Canada’s Brooke Henderson at 10-under, one shot behind the solo leader Hae Ran Ryu. But as Henderson and Ryu faltered within the first four holes, Korda surged. She made back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth holes to take an early but commanding three-shot lead at 12-under.
Korda made two more birdies on the par-5 eighth and 10th, where she…
