Nelly Korda's final round of 67 saw her overtake sister Jessica, who had won the team event and was targeting a double; Nelly overcame a seven-shot deficit as she charged through to win her second Ladies European Tour event in southern Spain
Saturday 20 August 2022 23:35, UK
World No 3 Nelly Korda fired an excellent final round of 67 (-5) to win the Individual title at the Aramco Team Series - Sotogrande by three shots.
The major champion began the day seven shots behind the overnight leader, her sister Jessica Korda, and dropped a shot on the second hole.
But the Olympic champion soon found her feet rolling in three birdies on holes seven through nine and again on holes 12 through 14, before adding another on 16.
Despite making a bogey at the last, Korda sealed victory - her second on the Ladies European Tour - with a total score of 13-under-par at La Reserva Club de Sotogrande.
"I'm super excited to win," said the major champion. "I haven't won this year, so it feels nice to get a win under my belt but I'm also very sad as it wasn't the day Jess was expecting. I guess we were hoping for a bit more of a battle going down the stretch, but it's golf and that sometimes happens.
"I got a little unlucky on number two. I was right behind a tree in the fairway. I bogeyed that hole, so I was over par for the majority of the front nine, but I went on a little nice run. I had two turkeys on the scorecard, which was nice. I just stuck to it and told myself that there is a lot of opportunities out there and hopefully I can capitalise on them.
"The first two days were a bit loose; today was a little bit more intense playing with two other competitors in the final group and being pretty close to the lead. We were kind of going back and forth with the lead, but it's so fun playing those first two days with the team. It gives you a little bit different aspect of golf. I enjoyed it."
Three players finished in a share of second place with Jessica Korda, France's Pauline Roussin and Spain's Ana Peláez Trivino all on 10-under-par.
It was another consistent day for the Spaniard, who ended the week with a bogey-free round of 69 (-3) and finished as the top Spanish player.
"I had a pretty good day out there," said the 2022 Madrid Ladies Open champion. "My front nine was very good, I had a couple of chances on the par-fives to get the lead down to two and maybe convert the birdies, but it didn't happen.
"I was emotionally very calm until the end, and I think that's what helped me finish in a tie for second place. I had so many people following me today, I love the energy that I feel when I know people are watching and I'm very happy with today's round.
"It was definitely a good week to do well, I am always looking forward to the Solheim Cup in 2023 and this week was a great week to play and hopefully the captain is watching out for me."
In the 2022 Race to Costa del Sol, Sweden's Maja Stark still leads the rankings with 3,037.64 points ahead of her compatriots Grant (2,533.91) and Johanna Gustavsson (1,802.63).
De Roey is still in fourth place with Argentina's Maggie Simmermacher in fifth and England's Georgia Hall in sixth.
South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace remains in seventh spot with England's Meghan MacLaren just behind, while Spain's Peláez moves up to ninth place and now has 1,096.46 points with Finland's Tiia Koivisto rounding out the top 10.
