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Sunday 21 April 2024LPGA TourYear in Review
Korda wins Chevron Championship
The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 April 2024 · Nelly Korda’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $7,900,000 USD · Chevron · Korda finished the last six holes of her third round on Sunday before the final round (her account)
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 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/23°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 45 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 10.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/16°C · wind 28 km/h E, gusts 34 · 46.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/11°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 45 · 10.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Maja Stark SWE · 277closed with 69, finishing with two birdies, to end two strokes behind The Chevron Championship, April 21, 2024: Maja Stark - ASAP Sports
132 started · cut +2, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
Chevron Championship
The Club at Carlton Woods (Jack Nicklaus Signature Course), The Woodlands
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Maja Stark
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 April 2024
I heard some outside voices from other people saying that they don't know if I'll ever be able to win another major again, and I stuck to working extremely hard on and off the golf course
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 April 2024
I bogeyed No. 11 after chipping in on 10, and then I hit it into the water on 15.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 April 2024
I don't think I've hit a ball in the water this week, and there's so much water.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Korda | 68 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Maja Stark | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Lauren Coughlin | 66 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Brooke Henderson | 71 · 71 · 64 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | Haeran Ryu | 72 · 66 · 67 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| 6 | Carlota Ciganda | 75 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 7 | Esther Henseleit | 72 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| 8 | Jin Hee Im | 69 · 67 · 72 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | A Lim Kim | 72 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Yealimi Noh | 71 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Minami Katsu | 68 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1998-07-28, Bradenton, Florida; USA; turned pro 2016; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2024-04-15 (published by LPGA.com), row: 1 ‐‐ +4 Korda, Nelly ‐ 5394 USA 37 376.0617 10.1638).
What’s in the bag
- Driver TaylorMade Qi10 Max 10°, Mitsubishi Diamana GT 60 S (60g)
- 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