Korda dominated at The Chevron Championship, playing her last 29 holes in even par and still winning by five shots, the largest margin at this major in 18 years.
The victory was her 17th on the LPGA and 21st worldwide. Not since Meg Mallon in 2000, had an American reached three majors in her career, and the 27-year-old Korda is just getting started.
Korda joined Juli Inkster (1989) and Amy Alcott (1991), both at Nabisco Dinah Shore, as the only players in the last 50 years to win LPGA majors when leading by multiple shots after each round.
“It’s not easy going in with that big of a lead,” said Korda, “I think that was the challenging point, where do I still play like Nelly and where do I play a little defense?”
“What I was telling myself was I really want to hoist this trophy because I want to show the kids at home that it’s OK to miss short putts and still win a major championship,” she said with a laugh.
“You’re going to make mistakes. You have to mentally still be in it 100%, and that’s really what I wanted show. I wanted to show it to myself and I wanted to show it to everyone looking up to me.”
“I want to go out and play golf. Whatever happens — if I jump into that pond, if I have the trophy in my hands at the end of the day — then great. I gave it 100%. If I don’t, then I have next week. I have the week after. That’s going to be my mindset for the rest of the year.”
She celebrated in the best manner possible — a cannon ball into the 4 1/2-foot pool built to the right of the 18th green to keep with the tradition at this major that dates to 1988 when the winner jumped into Poppie’s Pond at Mission Hills in the California desert.
Korda won $1.35 million for a victory that puts her back as the best in women’s golf without any debate. And now it’s off to the Gulf Coast of Mexico for the next LPGA event.
Brothers Matt, Alex Fitzpatrick win PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic
The Fitzpatricks became the 13th set of brothers to each have a victory on the PGA Tour and the first to do so in the past 20 years.
Alex got something much better for teaming with his brother to win the Zurich Classic at New Orleans on Sunday, a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour. He’s in all four remaining Signature Events as well as the PGA Championship. His exemption as a PGA TOUR member will extend through 2028. Matt goes to the maximum exemption of five years through 2031. As the PGA TOUR’s first three-time winner this season, Matt moves to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings.
Matt Fitzpatrick arrived as arguably the hottest player in golf with two wins this spring, including last weekend at Harbour Town. He joined Jim Barnes as the only players representing England to win at least three PGA Tour events in a single year; Barnes won five in 1919, four in 1921 and three in 1916.
Asked if he would accept membership, Alex smiled and said, “I signed as quick as I could. I’m still shaking.”
The PGA of America today announced that Jim Furyk will serve as Captain of the United States Ryder Cup Team for the 46th Ryder Cup, to be played September 13-19, 2027, at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland.
Since making his Ryder Cup debut as a player in 1997, Furyk has represented the U.S. in 14 consecutive editions of the Ryder Cup, serving as a player, vice-captain and captain. The West Chester, Pennsylvania, native becomes the ninth person to captain multiple U.S. Ryder Cup teams after previously leading the Americans in 2018 at Le Golf National in France.
Jackson Koivun won the 2026 SEC Championship last week. His third SEC Championship in as many collegiate seasons, making him the first player in more than 50 years to accomplish the three-peat.
Koivun, a Junior at Auburn University, earned a PGA Tour Card last year via the PGA Tour University accelerated program which he may activate this summer or in 2027.
In local Tampa Bay area news, the Dunedin Golf Club Foundation donated a 14’ world class Verdin clock to the Dunedin Golf Club to commemorate the club’s 100th anniversary coming up in 2027.
Funds were raised through donations from friends of Dunedin Golf Club, in Memorial listings and corporate friends who are listed on the clock. This is the first step toward a series of celebrations the City of Dunedin has planned for the 100th anniversary of the club next year.
The historic Dunedin Golf Club reopened for play December 27, 2024, following a 10-month, $6.2 million restoration designed to restore the course to its original 1927 Donald Ross layout.
The course, owned by the City of Dunedin, was the former home of the PGA of America 1945-1962.
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