Nelly Korda and Leona Maguire of Ireland advanced to the T-Mobile Match Play final which will be held in Las Vegas after brilliantly defeating the quarterfinals and semifinals this Saturday.
The number 1 in the world, seeking her fourth consecutive try on the LPGA Tour, she eliminated South Korean Narin An 4-3 in one of the semifinalswhile Maguire defeated South Korean Sei Young Kim 3-2 at Shadow Creek Golf Course.
Korda built an early lead by playing even on the first three holes, all of them par 4s, while An struggled with bogeys. Korda made birdies on the 6th and 7th holes to go back five holes.
An responded with a birdie, while Korda bogeyed the par-4 10th, but Korda rallied with a par at the 11th, with An needing an extra shot.
An parred the par-3 13th to win by one hole, but Korda clinched the semifinal by matching him on the 14th (both bogeyed) and 15th (both par).
Maguire moved two up on Kim with a par on the first hole and a birdie on No. 3. Kim birdied the par-5 No. 4 to close the gap.
Kim birdied the par-5 4th hole to cut his deficitbut fell further behind when his rival made par on the par-5 7th hole and the 10th.
Kim’s only birdie came on the 14th, and Maguire made pars on the 15th and 16th holes to close out the match. Kim’s only birdie came on the 14th, and Maguire made pars on the 15th and 16th to close out the match.
In the quarterfinals, Maguire defeated Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn, 4-3which prevailed in a four-way playoff on Friday to reach the weekend.
Korda defeated his compatriot Angel Yin 3-2 in their quarterfinal match.
Kim defeated American Rose Zhang 6-5and An beat Japan’s Minami Katsu 1-2 in the other quarterfinal match.
Source: La Verdad
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