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Sunday 7 April 2024LPGA TourYear in Review
Korda wins T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards
Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas, Nevada · Wednesday 3 to Sunday 7 April 2024 · Nelly Korda’s win no. 12 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · T-Mobile · 54 holes of stroke play Wed-Fri (top 8 to match play); quarterfinals and semifinals Saturday, final Sunday. ESPN lists the stroke-play stage (401652866, Apr 3-5) and match-play stage (401618422, Apr 6-7) as separate rows; both are the one official event (GNN format article).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/10°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/14°C · wind 34 km/h S, gusts 67 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/8°C · wind 27 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/6°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R520°/8°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Leona Maguire IRLLost the final 4 and 3 after leading stroke-play qualifying by three. 2024 T-Mobile Match Play final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
96 started, 65 made it
Same week
LPGA event
T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards
Shadow Creek Golf Course, Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas, Nevada
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Nelly Korda
Score, to par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 April 2024
Yeah, gosh, I can't even wrap my head around it honestly. Such a whirlwind of the last three weeks. I just feel like I was just in go-mode constantly.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 April 2024
Nelly is the best player in the world for a reason. She brought her A game today and mind wasn't good enough. Fair play to her for winning again this week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Korda | 73 · 73 · 69 | 215 | −1 |
| 2 | Leona Maguire | 72 · 69 · 69 | 210 | −6 |
| 3 | Sei Young Kim | 66 · 74 · 74 | 214 | −2 |
| 3 | Narin An | 76 · 68 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Minami Katsu | 72 · 69 · 72 | 213 | −3 |
| T5 | Angel Yin | 72 · 68 · 73 | 213 | −3 |
| T5 | Rose Zhang | 67 · 73 · 73 | 213 | −3 |
| T5 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 72 · 79 · 67 | 218 | +2 |
| T9 | Haeran Ryu | 71 · 76 · 71 | 218 | +2 |
| T9 | Brooke Henderson | 73 · 71 · 74 | 218 | +2 |
| T9 | Yuka Saso | 69 · 74 · 75 | 218 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1998-07-28, Bradenton, Florida, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2016; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 12; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2024-04-01 (published by LPGA.com), row: 1 ‐‐ +4 Korda, Nelly ‐ 5394 USA 36 341.1803 9.4772).
What’s in the bag
- Driver TaylorMade Qi10 Max 10°, Mitsubishi Diamana GT 60 S
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Stealth 2 15°, Fujikura Ventus Red 7 S
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Stealth 2 21°, Fujikura Ventus Black 7 S
- Hybrid PING G425 26°, Fujikura Ventus Blue HB 7 S
- Irons TaylorMade P·770 5
- Irons TaylorMade P·7MC 6-PW, Aerotech Steelfiber i80cw
- Wedge TaylorMade Milled Grind 4 50°, 54°
- Wedge Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks 58° (8° bounce, M grind), Aerotech Steelfiber i95cw
- Putter Logan Olson prototype
- Ball TaylorMade TP5x
standard bag, not confirmed for this week