Dominant Korda claims Aramco Team Series win – Golf News | Golf Magazine

Nelly Korda secured her first victory of 2023 with a four-stroke success within the Aramco Workforce Sequence at Centurion Membership.

It was the American’s second Aramco Workforce Sequence title following her win at Aramco Workforce Sequence – Sotogrande final yr. The 24-year-old underlined her liking for the modern format that mixes staff and particular person play by main from begin to end at Centurion Membership.

Korda was tied on the prime with Charley Hull after the primary spherical, after which on the second day, she performed brilliantly in stormy circumstances to open up a five-shot lead.

Hull gave chase on the ultimate day, every week on from her tied-second show within the U.S Girls’s Open. The English ace fired a scorching 68 however was pressured to accept second greatest once more, due to Korda’s consistency and sophistication.

Korda shot a final-day 71 to shut out at 11-under-par to triumph for the primary time for the reason that Pelican Girls’s Championship final November.

Korda mentioned: “I’ve actually put a variety of work in not too long ago and it’s good that it’s paid off. I knew Charley was going to make a run for it; I believe everybody was making an attempt to. It’s powerful to be the one out entrance and who everyone seems to be making an attempt to get. I simply caught to my recreation and took it one shot at a time. As boring because it sounds, it labored. I’ve Evian and the AIG Girls’s Open arising and hopefully I’ve realized a little bit bit in regards to the climate this week, and I can take that momentum into the following two large occasions.”

Korda dealt supremely with the heavy rain on Friday and the sustained excessive winds on Saturday – the latter she described as “most likely, top-three hardest circumstances I’ve ever performed in.” She additionally added that her second-round four-under-par 69 rated within the “top-three greatest rounds in my life”.

Korda added: “It was a pleasant check of golf. It was a variety of enjoyable to play on this climate. Rising up in Florida, it’s sizzling; it’s typically windy, however not all the weather are thrown at you without delay in in the future. It was a variety of enjoyable attending to hit pictures that I usually don’t and sort of being artistic on the market – and total, I actually loved my expertise enjoying.”

Hull’s likelihood took a serious hit together with her Saturday spherical of 76 because the exhaustion of latest weeks caught up together with her. However she responded properly to finish the event on a excessive.

Hull mentioned: “It was good enjoyable on the market. It was good to be enjoying in entrance of the house crowds. I felt like I crashed a bit, however I bought a great relaxation final evening, and I felt so much higher right now. I’m wanting ahead to simply chilling subsequent week and doubtless not being on a golf course an excessive amount of – simply doing a variety of vary periods. I really feel actually good. I really feel like my recreation is in good condition – second final week, second this week. Hopefully, a win is not far away.”

Georgia Corridor led the profitable quartet to victory within the 36-hole staff occasion. The English golfer mixed with Kylie Henry, Lea Anne Bramwell and beginner Michael Austick to complete at 24-under-par – one away from staff Hull.

Corridor mentioned: “Most significantly, when one in every of us was out of a gap, one other participant got here in and sort of managed to avoid wasting that par or get that birdie. All of us bought on rather well, and we had a very nice group, a enjoyable group. And our beginner helped two or thrice within the spherical, which was additionally helpful.”

Henry paid tribute to staff captain Corridor, who chipped in for birdie on the thirty fifth gap after which eagled the final after a lovely method.

Henry mentioned: “Wonderful – what an ideal end from her. Chipping in after which the eagle, she simply hit such an ideal 3-wood in, and the putt was by no means doubtful. So it was good for the staff – we had been definitely delighted.”