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Nelly Korda wins first major of season – and fifth successive LPGA Tour event
Nelly Korda swept her remarkably graceful and omnipotent way to the Chevron Championship title on Sunday night, the first female major of the season, and so carved herself another piece of history.
This was the American’s fifth LPGA Tour victory in succession, equalling the runs of Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez.
Korda fully deserves her name to be placed beside these recent legends and goodness knows how far the 25-year-old can extend her streak after this two-stroke win over Sweden’s Maya Stark.
The scale of victory makes it sound far closer than it was. In truth, this was ultimately a comfortable triumph after an astonishing charge earlier in the day. Korda birdied the last for a 69 and a 13-under total but then revealed the levels of her anxiety.
“I can finally breathe now,” Korda said after a round featuring five birdies and two bogeys. “It was a grind on the back nine, I was sick to my stomach, but I got there. The nerves set in - but it’s a major, it’s everything I’ve wanted since I was a little girl. The key is the simplicity and just to do it a shot at time. Maybe sometimes golf can get over complicated.”
Korda has gone where even Scottie Scheffler has not dared. While her male counterpart at the top of the world rankings, prevailed at the Masters the Sunday previous after three wins in four starts, Korda made it a perfect quintet with a performance that was characterised by audacity and resilience.
Like Scheffler, this was only Korda’s second major. And like Scheffler, the game of golf is wondering how Korda only has a brace on her CV. Expect more.
