It has taken the hottest golfer on the planet to deny Hannah Green a third US LPGA Tour title this season, with the Western Australian beaten by Nelly Korda at the Americas Open in New Jersey.
Korda, the world number one, emerged victorious after a final round duel with Green, who bogeyed the 72nd hole to fall out of a tie and hand the American her sixth win of the year.
Hannah Green, a runner up to Nelly Korda on the LPGA Tour.
Korda shot 71 on Sunday for a 15-under par total, one better than Green, and has now won six of her last seven starts and six from her eight tournament appearances in 2024.
For Green, second on the LPGA Tour moneylist after winning the LA Championship in April and at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore in March, has moved up to number five on the world rankings list and is in line to represent Australia at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Young Australian Gabriela Ruffels continued her hot run of form in sharing third place at 10-under. It was the 24-year-old’s third top-three finish of the season, the result consolidating her position as the leader in the LPGA rookie-of-the-year race.
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