Just more than two years after she won the 2019 Cognizant Founders Cup, Rolex Rankings number two Jin Young Ko successfully defended that title, routing the field for a wire-to-wire, eighteen-under par performance at the 2021 edition, held at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J.
Day three ended as it began with Jin Young Ko’s name atop the Cognizant Founders Cup leaderboard. Ko continued her absolute mastery of Mountain Ridge Country Club on Saturday, shooting a two-under 69 in the third round and moving to thirteen-under overall, a four-stroke advantage over her nearest competitors.
For the second consecutive day, fog wreaked havoc at the 2021 Cognizant Founders Cup. A dense morning blanket caused a 2½-hour delay on Friday, causing play to ultimately be suspended due to darkness with 63 players (all but the first group off No. 10) still to finish their rounds.
Celine Boutier matched a career-low score on Sunday with a final-round 63 in the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer to reach fourteen-under-par overall and hold off Rolex Rankings number two Jin Young Ko, number three Inbee Park and a charging Brooke Henderson for the second LPGA Tour title of her career.
After a final-round 67, Nasa Hataoka earned her second title of the season at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G on Sunday. Off in the morning with 36-hole co-leader Minjee Lee and Eun-Hee Ji, Hataoka hung on for her fifth-career LPGA Tour victory and second win in Rogers, Ark., after becoming a Rolex First-Time Winner in 2018 at Pinnacle Country Club.
With one day left at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, LPGA Tour winners Minjee Lee and Nasa Hataoka are tied atop the leaderboard at -12 at Pinnacle Country Club. Lee carded her career-low score with a second-round 63, which included seven birdies in her first 10 holes.
Playing in her first event in six weeks, Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jin Young Ko absolutely dominated the field at the 2021 Cambia Portland Classic. Ko carded a bogey-free 69 on Sunday (the third and final round, after play was cancelled on Saturday due to rain) and earned her ninth LPGA Tour victory, a runaway four-stroke win over Jeongeun Lee and Su Oh.
World number two Jin Young Ko lived up to that title on Friday, carding six birdies and just one bogey for a second-round 67 at the 2021 Cambia Portland Classic. She sits atop the leaderboard at eight-under heading into the weekend at Oregon Golf Club. Ko holds a one-stroke advantage over Gemma Dryburgh in second and a three-stroke lead over Carlota Ciganda in third.
On a picture-perfect fall day in Portland, three players shot to the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the 2021 Cambia Portland Classic. Fresh off playing for the victorious European team at the Solheim Cup two weeks ago, Spain’s Carlota Ciganda continued her winning ways, shooting an opening-round 68 to join Pajaree Anannarukarn and Gemma Dryburgh for the lead at Oregon Golf...
Starting the day two shots off the lead, Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn knew an impressive day of best ball was needed to come away with the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational title at Midland Country Club. Team M&M certainly delivered finishing at twenty-four-under overall after recording a 59 on Saturday to earn the victory.
Defending Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational champions Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura (Team All-In), along with Pajaree Anannarukarn and Aditi Ashok (Spice Girls) sit in a tie for first at fifteen-under after the third round in Midland, Mich.
Sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand raced up the leaderboard at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational after an eleven-under 59 in best-ball play on Thursday. The pair take a two-stroke lead over countrywoman Pajaree Anannarukarn and India's Aditi Ashok into the third round.
