It has taken the most popular golfer on the planet to disclaim Hannah Inexperienced a 3rd US LPGA Tour title this season, with the Western Australian crushed by Nelly Korda on the Americas Open in New Jersey.
Korda, the world primary, emerged victorious after a ultimate spherical duel with Inexperienced, who bogeyed the 72nd gap to fall out of a tie and hand the American her sixth win of the yr.
Hannah Inexperienced, a runner as much as Nelly Korda on the LPGA Tour.
Korda shot 71 on Sunday for a 15-under par complete, one higher than Inexperienced, and has now received six of her final seven begins and 6 from her eight event appearances in 2024.
For Inexperienced, second on the LPGA Tour moneylist after profitable the LA Championship in April and on the HSBC Ladies’s World Championship in Singapore in March, has moved as much as quantity 5 on the world rankings checklist and is in line to characterize Australia on the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Younger Australian Gabriela Ruffels continued her sizzling run of kind in sharing third place at 10-under. It was the 24-year-old’s third top-three end of the season, the outcome consolidating her place because the chief within the LPGA rookie-of-the-year race.