PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Nelly Korda delivered an early knockout punch Sunday, extending his result in seven strokes and advancing to the end line with a 3-under 69 for a four-stroke victory and his third win of the younger season on the Riviera Maya Open in Mayakoba.
Every week after Korda dominated the sphere within the third Chevron Championship of her main profession, she left everybody in a determined temper at El Camaleon with the precision that led girls’s golf’s No. 1 participant to one more dominant victory.
Korda went 60 consecutive holes with no bogey, and the streak stopped when it now not mattered.
Taking part in No. 18 with a six-shot lead, she despatched her drive to the appropriate deep into the tropical bushes however could not discover the ball. She hit a provisional first shot right into a bunker, then one other right into a gallery and sank a 20-foot putt for bogey, her second shot of the event.
Korda stretched out his arm and, with all his remaining power, he casually raised his proper fist.
She completed with a 17-under 271, 4 strokes forward of Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who was celebrating her twenty fourth birthday with a 70 and took sole second place. China’s Yu Liu (69) additionally made a one-shot comeback.
Nobody stood an opportunity in opposition to Korda, who turned the primary participant since Annika Sorenstam in 2001 to begin a season with a runner-up end or higher in six tournaments.
Nelly Korda by no means stops successful 🏆
She adopted up her main win final week with a event victory. @RivieraMayaOpen in mexico pic.twitter.com/oMI69l5zbu
— LPGA (@LPGA) Could 3, 2026
Korda began with a three-shot lead however completed that manner. She made a 12-foot eagle putt from the collar on the par-5 fifth gap, then a 10-foot birdie putt from the perimeter on the sixth gap, then pulled a lob wedge to 4 ft for birdie on the par-5 seventh gap.
She did not must do the rest the remainder of the way in which, making 10 straight pars earlier than taking her fingers off the wheel on the ultimate gap.
When requested if she was taking part in the perfect golf of her profession, Korda didn’t reply.
“I simply have enjoyable and I like competing. I like touring to locations like Mexico and world wide. I simply have enjoyable,” she mentioned.
The beginning time was moved as much as keep away from thunderstorms transferring alongside the Mexican coast overlooking the Caribbean Sea. It was nonetheless scorching and humid, so Korda poured a bottle of water over his head as he walked off the sixteenth tee. Nothing might dampen her spirits.
Korda might solely snicker at his blunder on the ultimate gap, which left him unable to match or exceed his most margin of victory, which he set with a five-shot victory in a serious in Houston final week.
“This final gap right here simply made me really feel humbled by golf,” she mentioned. “We had a really clean day, and on the final gap, you’re feeling type of humbled. You place within the effort. Everybody right here places within the effort. Generally it simply works out.”
She now has 18 LPGA wins, making the 27-year-old the youngest American to win 18 titles since 23-year-old Nancy Lopez gained her 18th in 1980.
Arkansas senior Maria Jose Marin, who delighted the group by successful the Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Beginner title final month, completed fifth on the weekend with a 69-69 document. A prime 10 end would qualify her for subsequent week’s Mizuho Americas Open, however she has a ultimate to play.
Korda additionally gained two video games in a row and might be out subsequent week. She mentioned she did not have plenty of vitality this week, however was ensuring to work as a substitute of vacationing at a resort in Mexico.
“I’ll take pleasure in just a few days off,” Korda mentioned.
