Solheim Cup star Maja Stark outlasted world No 1 Nelly Korda to say a maiden main title with a powerful two-shot victory on the US Girls’s Open.
Stark took a one-shot lead into the ultimate day at Erin Hills and by no means left prime spot throughout an intriguing ultimate spherical, the place the chasing pack threatened to place stress on the Swede with out ever with the ability to transfer alongside her.
The 25-year-old may afford a bogey-bogey end to her final-round 72 and nonetheless end two away from Rio Takeda and Korda, who posted a one-under 71 however prolonged her look forward to a primary win of the season.
Stark ended the week on seven below and is the primary European winner of the US Girls’s Open since Annika Sorenstam in 2006, with the win additionally securing her the primary prize of $2.4m.
Hyejin Choi and Ruoning Yin shared fourth spot with Mao Saigo, who was chasing back-to-back main titles after April’s Chevron Championship success, whereas England’s Charley Hull ended tied-Twelfth after dropping three photographs over the past 4 holes of her final-round 71.
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What’s subsequent?
The LPGA Tour heads to New Jersey for the ShopRite LPGA Basic, starting on Friday, whereas the following ladies’s main is the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship – dwell from June 19-22 on Sky Sports activities Golf. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with NOW.
