SOTOGRANDE, Spain — American Nelly Korda shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to make up 7 strokes on her sister Jessica Korda and win the Aramco Workforce Collection on the Girls European Tour.
Nelly Korda had bogeys on her second and last holes nevertheless it was nonetheless sufficient for a 3-shot victory over her older sister in addition to Spaniard Ana Pelaez Trivino and France’s Pauline Roussin.
Nelly Korda completed with a 13-under whole at La Reserva Membership de Sotogrande.
“I have never received this yr, so it feels good to get a win beneath my belt however I am additionally very unhappy because it wasn’t the day Jess was anticipating,” Nelly Korda stated. “I assume we have been hoping for a bit extra of a battle taking place the stretch, nevertheless it’s golf and that typically occurs.”
Jessica Korda shot a 5-over 77 to relinquish her 6-shot lead over Roussin coming into the ultimate spherical. She had a 4-under 68 within the second spherical after opening with an 11-under 61 that broke the course report and equaled the bottom spherical in relation to par ever made on the Girls European Tour.
Jessica Korda opened with consecutive birdies Saturday however then made seven bogeys and a double bogey along with two different birdies.
Third-ranked Nelly Korda made three straight birdies on Nos. 7-9 and once more on Nos. 12-14 earlier than choosing up one other one on the sixteenth.
It was the second Girls European Tour victory for Nelly Korda.
