Jennifer Kupcho took the final-ever victory leap into Poppie’s Pond late on Sunday afternoon as she received the Chevron Championship. The event, finest referred to as the Dinah Shore, additionally ended a half-century run at Mission Hills within the California desert.
Six strokes forward getting into the spherical, Kupcho shot a two-over 74 for a two-stroke victory over Jessica Korda. The 24-year-old from Colorado completed at 14-under for her first LPGA Tour title.
“I’ve been so shut a few instances. It’s actually onerous, however right here I'm,” she mentioned after her victory.
The occasion that began in 1972 because the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle and have become a serious in 1983 is shifting to Houston subsequent yr after failing to draw a sponsor prepared to maintain it at its current house.
Seven strokes forward of Korda and defending champion Patty Tavatanakit at 18 below after holing birdie putts over 30ft on the par-four fourth and par-three fifth, Kupcho performed the ultimate 13 holes in four-over. Korda shot a 69. Preventing a again drawback, she holed her strategy for eagle on the par-four third and pulled inside 4 with birdies on Nos 11 and 12. Korda was solely two strokes again after Kupcho bogeyed 13 and 14, however fell three behind with a bogey of her personal on 15 and parred the final three.
Kupcho pushed the benefit to 4 with a three-foot birdie putt on the fifteenth, and Korda missed a 12ft birdie attempt quickly after on 16. Kupcho bogeyed the ultimate two holes, three-putting the par-five 18th.
The primary US winner since Brittany Lincicome in 2015, Kupcho opened Thursday with a 66 for a share of the lead. She had a 70 on Friday and shot 64 on Saturday to interrupt the event 54-hole file at 16 below. She missed an opportunity to interrupt the 72-hole mark of 19 below set by Dottie Pepper in 1999.
Kupcho received three years after after passing up a spot within the occasion to play and win that week within the inaugural Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Novice. She additionally received the 2018 NCAA particular person title for Wake Forest.
Pia Babnik of Slovenia closed with a 66 to complete third at 11 below. Tavatanakit, taking part in alongside Kupcho the final two days, birdied the 18th for a 72 to tie for fourth at 10 below with 2014 winner Lexi Thompson (68), second-round chief Hinako Shibuno (66) and Celine Boutier (67).
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