A dramatic late comeback from Nelly Korda enabled the American to beat Lydia Ko in a play-off and win the LPGA Drive On Championship in Florida.
Korda trailed Ko by three pictures with two holes to play at Bradenton Nation Clubbut eagled the seventeenth and birdied the final to affix Ko on 11-under and power a play-off.
Each gamers made par on the primary additional gap earlier than Ko’s par putt on the second lipped out, leaving Korda to sink her six-foot putt for par to seal a ninth LPGA title.
“I truthfully thought the event was over going into 17 and I simply gave myself an opportunity,” stated Korda, who had gone into Sunday’s ultimate spherical with a four-shot lead earlier than Ko had moved in entrance. “I knew if I rolled that eagle in, I needed to birdie the final gap. I appear to all the time make it very dramatic and fascinating and there’s no higher feeling than to do it entrance of a house crowd.”
Korda’s victory denied Ko her likelihood of gaining automated qualification for the LPGA Tour’s Corridor of Fame. The New Zealander wants only one extra victory to be invited to affix that coveted group of gamers.
