Washington (AFP)

Nelly Korda of the United States won the Gainbridge Championship in Boca Raton (Florida) on Sunday, securing the second tournament of the women's professional golf circuit (LPGA), while the first, the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, had been won. by her sister Jessica, a month ago.

Korda, 22, whose fourth victory on the LPGA Tour - the first since November 2019 and the first in the United States - returned a card of 69 on Sunday in the last round, or 3 strokes under par, thanks to a good start to the day, with 3 birdies on his first 6 holes.

"Frankly, I didn't play golf very well today," said the daughter of former tennis player Petr Korda after her victory.

"I just stayed really strong. I really don't know how I did it. It was really, really stressful."

She finished with a total of 272, or 16 strokes under par, ahead of her two pursuers, American Lexi Thompson and New Zealander Lydia Ko, by three strokes.

World number one Jin Young Ko (-11) finished 4th, tied with Australian Sarah Kemp.

The South Korean Sei Young Kim, crowned best player on the circuit last season, is in 24th place.

As for the former world No. 1, Annika Sörenstam, who at 50 was making her return to competition after a 13-year absence, she finished only far behind, in 74th place, 13 strokes above the by.

Finally, the French Perrine Delacour finished 44th, while her compatriot Céline Boutier had not passed the cut after the second round, with 5 strokes over par.

Final classification (par 72):

1. Nelly Korda (USA) -16 (67-68-68-69)

2. Lexy Thompson (USA) -13 (71-68-68-68)

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Lydia Ko (NZL) -13 (65-69-72-69)

4. Jin Young Ko (KOR) -11 (68-72-66-71)

5. Sarah Kemp (AUS) -10 (70-69-70-69)

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Patty Tavatanakit (THA) -10 (69-69-66-74)

7. Angel Yin (USA) -9 (72-69-65-73)

8. Jenny Shin (KOR) -8 (71-70-71-68)

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Sophia Popov (GER) -8 (70-70-70-70)

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Stacy Lewis (USA) -8 (71-68-70-71)

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Ashleigh Buhai (ZAF) -8 (71-67-71-71)

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Marissa Steen (USA) -8 (69-71-68-72)

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In Gee Chun (KOR) -8 (69-68-71-72)

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Chella Choi (KOR) -8 (69-69-69-73)

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24. Sei Young Kim (KOR) -4 (72-74-72-66)

44. Perrine Delacour (FRA) 0 (73-72-71-72)

74.Annika Sörenstam (SWE) 13 (75-71-79-76)

CUT.

Celine Boutier (FRA) +5 (74-75)

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