Nelly Korda won in Sotogrande after her sister Jessica crashed

The final round of the Aramco Team Series of Sotogrande, in the individual format, was lively in the game, where Jessica Korda, the eldest daughter of the famous former Czech professional tennis player Petr Korda, suffered a bogey collapse that ended with 77 shots (-10). in total). ), and lost the six lead it had in two days, until falling to second position, tied with Ana Peláez from Malaga and Pauline Roussin from France.

While Jessica lost her lead, younger sister Nelly, gold medalist in JJ.OO. from Tokyo, got his best golf, and despite starting and finishing with a bogey, he had two series of birdies in the first round (7, 8 and 9) and in the second (12,13, 14 and 16) to finish 67 strokes and taking almost 74,000 euros in prize money for the individual trophy.

And Ana Peláez continues to add to her legend that began here a year ago, when she moved to the professional world. The Malaga-born woman was not impressed with the six-stroke advantage that Jessica Korda left on the scoreboard after an impressive card of 61 strokes (-11), a course record, and came out with her aggressive game to fight for the victory.

“It’s true that when I saw on the scoreboard that he added two birdies, I thought I shouldn’t be obsessed and continue my game. And so it happened. Getting out of the 18th bunker to make par for the hole was crucial to maintaining second place and finishing second was like the icing on the cake of a great day of golf. Very happy with that second place and happy for the work we are doing with my coach and all my people”, commented the Malaga native. Ana Peláez, Pauline Roussin and Jeesica Korda tied at -10.

The next Aramco Team Series tournament will be in New York, from October 13-15, before the Final in Jeddah.