Saturday was one for the record books at the 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America. Five-time LPGA Tour champion Jessica Korda shot a bogey-free eleven-under for just the fifth 60 in LPGA Tour history.
American Jessica Korda drained a 25-foot birdie on the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Danielle Kang and win the 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions.
The low scoring on the LPGA continued at the LA Open where Jessica Korda followed up her opening round seven-under 64 with a flawless second round 65. The 28-year-old, who won the season’s first event at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, looks good for a wire-to-wire win at Wilshire Country Club this week.
Team Jessica Korda clinched victory at the Aramco Team Series – New York after they beat Team Popov in a two-hole playoff at Glen Oaks Club. After starting the day two strokes behind the overnight leaders, Jessica Korda, Karolin Lampert, Lina Boqvist and amateur Alexandra O’Laughlin produced another solid round to finish with a total of forty-one-under-par.
Former web.com golfer – and long-time boyfriend of LPGA star Jessica Korda – Johnny DelPrete was arrested in Florida on Friday and charged with soliciting prostitution in a massive police operation..
No one can ignore the terrible fires ravaging Australia and to help in the relief efforts of those affected by the fires, a number of LPGA players including the Korda sisters, Marina Alex, Australian Sarah Kemp and England’s Charlotte Thomas, have publicised that they will be making a donation.
Team Jessica Korda was victorious at the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande as they recorded a final round of fourteen-under-par to secure a one-shot win at La Reserva Club de Sotogrande.
Nelly Korda overturned a seven-shot deficit and clinched victory in a thrilling renewal of the $1 million Aramco Team Series Sotogrande after an extraordinary final day at La Reserva Club.
England's Charley Hull trails American Lizette Salas by a single shot after the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in Atlanta. Hull, who started at the 10th tee, was one-under to the turn before coming alive on her back nine with four birdies and a lone bogey to card a four-under-par 68. "I can't actually remember much of my round today. I just felt quite focused," said Hull.
San Francisco's Olympic Club has hosted the men's US Open on five occasions, the last being in 2012 when Webb Simpson won the event. The Olympic Lake Course is 6,486 yards long, tree-lined with narrow fairways and small greens guarded by bunkers.
Hollywood is famous for its dramatic scripts and so was fitting that the final round at the Hugel Air Premia La Open provided its own excitement. Canadian Brooke Henderson overcame a four shot deficit to post a total score of sixteen-under-par and sneak past Jessica Korda, who led for the past three days, by a single stroke.
Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu won her first LPGA Tour by two shots from Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn with 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions winner Jessica Korda a further shot back in third.
