Jennifer Kupcho celebrates after clinching victory on the Chevron Championship
Jennifer Kupcho overcame a back-nine stumble to win the Chevron Championship, securing her maiden primary victory and primary at the LPGA Excursion.
The 24-year-old American, who gained the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner 3 years in the past, carded a two-over 74 within the ultimate around at Undertaking Hills Nation Membership in California to complete on 14-under 274, two transparent of Jessica Korda.
Kupcho began the day on 16 beneath, with a six-shot lead after a 64 on Saturday, and prolonged her merit to seven following a powerful get started which noticed her gap some long putts as she birdied the second one, fourth and 5th each side of a bogey on the 0.33.
Protecting champion Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand used to be Kupcho’s nearest pursuer in a single day and performed along her within the ultimate workforce, however she persisted a irritating day as she neglected a lot of possibilities after sandwiching a bogey on the fourth with birdies at the second one and 5th.
That left Korda to mount the most powerful problem after she used to be buoyed through an eagle on the 0.33 the place she holed out from simply off the green.
Jessica Korda reacts after making an eagle from simply off the green at the 0.33 gap throughout the general around
Kupcho faltered with bogeys on the 8th and tenth prior to holing some other lengthy birdie putt on the eleventh, however her lead all of sudden appeared at risk after back-to-back bogeys on the thirteenth, the place she three-putted, and par-three 14th, the place she neglected the fairway left.
Korda, who had birdied the eleventh and twelfth, used to be because of this in short handiest two in the back of her fellow American till she neglected a brief par putt on the fifteenth which Kupcho then birdied after knocking her manner shot to 2 ft to regain a four-shot cushion.
Kupcho combined seven bogeys with 5 birdies in her ultimate around
There used to be to be some other slip-up from Kupcho on the seventeenth however, with 3 pictures to spare, she used to be ready to make a three-putt bogey on the 18th prior to celebrating the victory after which jumping into Poppie’s Pond – the general winner to take action because the match will transfer to Houston subsequent yr – after receiving the trophy.
“I am nonetheless shaking nevertheless it used to be simply so amusing to be available in the market, particularly with Patty. It is numerous arduous paintings however numerous deep breaths,” mentioned Kupcho after wrapping up her maiden win.
“I have been so shut a few occasions so it is simply in reality arduous from time to time. And right here I’m, it is in reality thrilling. A big is loopy.”
Korda, who used to be through a again downside, parred the general 3 holes for a 69, whilst Slovenian Pia Babnik, 18, made her mark at the match with a excellent 66, that includes an eagle at the second one and 5 birdies, to typhoon into 0.33 position on 11 beneath.
Her rating used to be matched through Hinako Shibuno of Japan because the midway chief bounced again from her third-round 77 to percentage fourth position on 10 beneath with Celine Boutier of France (67), American Lexi Thompson (68) and Tavatanakit (72), who birdied the 18th after bogeys at 15 and 16.
Patty Tavatanakit made a forged defence of the identify however struggled to make an affect on Sunday
England’s Georgia Corridor loved a tight end with a three-under 69 lifting her to 6 beneath and right into a tie for thirteenth position, whilst Charley Hull’s 73 left her 4 beneath and joint-Twenty fifth.
Eire’s Leona Maguire closed with a 71 to finally end up on two beneath and joint-Thirty ninth, with Mel Reid (72) tied forty fourth on one beneath.
Chella Choi of South Korea earned a BMW iX with a hole-in-one at the par-three seventeenth, whilst Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden aced the 166-yard 5th – they each completed level-par and tied 53rd.
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