Orlando, Florida — Nelly Korda She won without missing a shot for the first time in 14 months on Sunday, when the LPGA Tour reduced the season-opening Tournament of Champions to 54 holes because of wind and cold, which led officials to deem Lake Nona unsuitable for the final round.
Korda won seven times in 2024 and is out in 2025.
He won Saturday with an 8-under 64, a stunning round that was nearly nine shots better than the field average in bitter cold and 40 mph gusts. Korda said it was one of the best three rounds he had ever played.
Korda finished just before the LPGA stopped the third round when the wind blew Yumin Hwang’s golf ball off the 17th green. There was concern because the last two holes were the most exposed on the course.
The LPGA planned to wrap up the third round and play the final round Sunday morning, but temperatures in Central Florida were below zero as the wind was strong and the ground was fragile.
The LPGA said the forecast for Monday was just as bad and it decided to reduce the event to 54 holes.
Korda finished at 13-under 203 for the 16th win of her career. She was on the putting green and practice range, although her victory was almost certain when the LPGA decided to cancel the final round.
“Today was nerve-wracking,” Korda said. “Not knowing what the outcome is going to be and still trying to be in the mindset of going out for 18 holes and knowing it’s going to be tough. I’m always trying to be in that mindset.”
amy yang When the third round resumed, his score was 10 under and two holes were left to play, he needed a birdie and a perfect shot in the last two holes to hole out. He made par on the par-3 17th and the tournament was over. Yang finished second with 69 runs.
brooke hendersonWho completed 66 runs on Saturday, was alone in third place.
Except for rain, weather is rarely a problem in Orlando. It was an unexpected cold front with strong winds. The LPGA had planned to start at 10 a.m., which was pushed back a few times until the final round was canceled and the third round did not resume until about 2 p.m.
“We talked to a lot of players who were practicing,” said Ricky Lasky, the tour’s chief business and operations officer. “The ground was hard and it was changing the trajectory of their shots. We tried to take as much time as we could to get to all 72 holes. We did everything we could.”
The LPGA allowed the celebrity portion of the tournament to go ahead but reduced it to nine holes. The LPGA cited the fact that it was an exhibition using modified Stableford scoring, where no one could perform worse than a double bogey. former tennis star mardi fish Won the celebrity side of the event.
Hwang hit an 18-foot putt on the 17th hole Saturday, with a right-to-left wind sending his ball toward the ridge and then off the green. She was out after making a triple bogey. She tied with a score of 73 and finished fifth.
Korda will now take six weeks off, saying she will again skip the entire Asia tour.
