Nelly Korda was crowned on Sunday as LPGA Tour Player of the Year because it is mathematically impossible to achieve this in the competition points. The Japanese Ayaka Furue He needs to win other events on the American circuit to catch Korda.
Furue tied for 10th place at Toto Japan Classic that the Japanese won Takeda River on the sixth hole of a playoff in the town of Shiga.
Korda won six tournaments this year, including a Grand Slam. This is the second year in a row that an American player has won the LPGA’s top prize. Lilia Vu He achieved this in 2023 thanks to his two major titles.
The last time an American won LPGA Tour Player of the Year in consecutive years was Betsy King in 1993 and Beth Daniel in 1994.
Korda, the No. 1 player in the women’s world rankings, still has two tournaments left to try to win the Race to CME Globe (LPGA Tour Order of Merit), which ends the season on November 21-24 with the Tour Championship.
Source: La Verdad
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