NORDQVIST PICKS UP SEVENTH WIN
An
exciting finish to this year’s Bank of Hope Founders Cup, Anna
Nordqvist held off In Gee Chun, Stacy Lewis and Ariya Jutanugarn to pick
up her first of the 2017 season.
Nordqvist
held a two-stroke lead entering the final round at Wildfire Golf Club
and fired final round 4-under par, 68. She had an impressive four days
carding 26 birdies, one eagle, and three bogeys to finish at 25-under
par for the tournament.
Earning her seventh career win in front of a ‘hometown crowd’ was something special for Nordqvist.
To read Jennifer Meyer’s full recap of Sunday’s final round at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup, click here: http://www.lpga.com/news/2017-nordqvist-wins-bank-of-hope-founders-cup-final-recap
THREE AMERICANS POST TOP-10 FINISHES
In
the first LPGA event on U.S. soil of the 2017 season, three Americans
finished inside the top-10 - Stacy Lewis (T2, -23), Lizette Salas (T10,
-19) and Jessica Korda (T10, -19).
Stacy
Lewis finished two-back of Nordqvist as a co-runner up in her best
finish since earning a runner-up at the 2016 Cambia Portland Classic.
Lizette Salas earned her second top-10 of the 2017 season - she had zero finishes in the top-10 all of last season.
Jessica Korda carded her first top-10 finish of the season - Korda hasn’t finished worse than T16 in four starts this year.
SISTER ACT
The
2017 LPGA season features two pairs of sisters: Ariya and Moriya
Jutanugarn and Jessica and Nelly Korda. The Jutanugarn sisters finished
inside the top-8, led by five-time LPGA winner Ariya (T2, -23) while
Moriya was close behind tied for eighth (-20). The Kordas also finished
inside the top-20 led by four-time LPGA winner Jessica who tied for 10th
(-19), while 2017 rookie Nelly finished T19 (-17).
ANOTHER RUNNER-UP FOR LEWIS
Stacy
Lewis finished tied for second with In Gee Chun and Ariya Jutanugarn, a
familiar place for Lewis since her last victory at the 2014 Walmart NW
Arkansas Championship. Lewis has made 63 starts in that time frame and
finished tied or solo second 13 times, while she’s been the runner-up 24
times in her nine-year career.
“Hit a lot good shots and didn’t quite get rewarded for them,” Lewis said. I played well. Hard to be too upset.”
CME GROUP CARES WEEKENDS UPDATE
Players
scored 15 eagles over the weekend at the 2017 Bank of Hope Founders
Cup, raising $15,000 for charity. This brings the total to 62 eagles on
the year, which translates to $62,000 dollars raised.
QUICK HITS
Tournament winner Anna Nordqvist’s
-25 (263) matches her career-low tournament score to par which she’s
shot twice before, most recently at the 2017 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA
Classic where she placed third
With her seventh career win, Anna Nordqvist
ties Helen Alfredsson for the third most LPGA wins by a Swedish player
all-time - only Liselotte Newman (13) and Annika Sorenstam (72) have
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Anna Nordqvist
went to Arizona State where she was named 2007 National Golf Coaches
Association (NGCA) Freshman of the Year, 2007 Pacific Athletic
Conference (Pac-10) Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and
co-champion, and also earned back-to-back NGCA First-Team All-American
and Academic All-American honors in 2007-08. In 2008, she was named to
the Pac-10 First Team and All-Academic Second Team
2016 Rolex Player of the Year and Race to CME Globe winner Ariya Jutanugarn
finished as the runner-up for the second consecutive tournament, she
has now finished in the top-8 in the last four tournaments
Ariya Jutanugarn’s
-23 (265) matches her career-best tournament score in relation to par
which she shot at the 2016 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, the site of
her last win
2016 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year In Gee Chun’s
-23 (265) is her career-best tournament score to par, her previous best
mark was -21 (263) at the 2016 Evian Championship where she took home
her second major championship win and set a new major championship
record - male or female - for 72-hole score in relation to par.
Ha Na Jang made headlines Friday by acing the par-3 17th hole to win a brand new 2017 Kia, and today it was Gerina Piller with a hole-in-one on the par-3 14th hole from 186 yards, for her second-career ace
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