Meijer LPGA Classic R4

Meijer Classic 2021 R4
June 17-20
Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan
$2,300,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Nelly Korda fired a 5-under 67 on Sunday to capture her second win of the season and her fifth on the LPGA Tour. She is the first player to have multiple wins on Tour this season.

Meijer Classic 2021 R4

Her 25-under 263 total matched the tournament scoring record and set a new tournament record score to par.

“Actually really enjoyed today. Honestly, there have been times where, on Sundays, I really like haven’t enjoyed it, the stress kind of ate at me and I didn’t stay in the moment or enjoy playing on a Sunday in a final group. I enjoyed it today, and it was actually a really good battle between Leona [Maguire] and I. She definitely kept me on my toes.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R4

Maguire made three consecutive birdies from the 2nd while Korda bogeyed the fourth to join her in the lead at 20-under. Korda regained the advantage with a birdie at the 6th, but Maguire drew even again with a birdie at the 8th.

They made the turn at 21-under before Korda pulled ahead with back-to-back birdies at 10 and 11. Korda bogeyed the 12th then an eagle-birdie run at the 14th and 15th widened the gap to three strokes.

Meijer Classic 2021 R4

Maguire birdied the 16th while Korda bogeyed but a birdie at the 18th despite a challenging lie with her chip, including a foot in the greenside bunker, sealed the deal for Korda.

“If you told me at the U.S. Women’s Open [after I missed the cut] that I was going to shoot 25-under, I would be like, ‘Yeah, right,’” said Korda. “I did a good bit of work back home [in Florida last week]. My dad was at every practice, a little boot camp with my dad. He’s actually in Prague right now doing a little boot camp with my brother [Sebastian] before Wimbledon. So, he’s flying back and forth.

“I worked on the right stuff and didn’t really put too much pressure on myself this week, which I did at the U.S. Women’s Open. I guess that was the key. Maybe I should learn from that again.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R4

Korda moves to No. 1 in the Race to the CME Globe standing s ahead of the third major in the 2021 LPGA Tour campaign, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

“Competition is getting fiercer every year. You see Patty [Tavatanakit] won her first tournament, so the rookies out here are playing well. Leona is playing well,” said Korda. “I just think the girls are starting to dominate. You go into a week back in the day and think that 5-10 people could win. Now you look and anyone can take home the victory.”

Meijer Classic 2021 R4

Maguire has now been runner-up twice this year following her performance at the LOTTE Championship in April.

“Nelly is one of the best players in the world and I went toe to toe with her pretty much all day,” said Maguire. “I knew it was going to be a battle. I knew I had a lot o f golf in front of me. I’m really proud of how I played all week. Hit some great golf shots when I needed to. Got off to a really nice start, which I have been doing, but then backed it up with three more solid rounds after that.”

In Gee Chun and Brittany Altomare tied for third at 21-under following rounds of 63 and 64, respectively. Rounding out the top – five was two-time major champion Anna Nordqvist (66).

Meijer Classic 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Nelly Korda	-25	68-66-62-67	263
2	Leona Maguire	-23	65-64-70-66	265
T3	In Gee Chun	-21	68-67-69-63	267
T3	Brittany Altomare	-21	68-66-69-64	267
5	Anna Nordqvist	-20	67-67-68-66	268
T6	Ally Ewing	-18	68-69-68-65	270
T6	Lauren Stephenson	-18	65-72-67-66	270
T6	Lizette Salas	-18	68-66-70-66	270
T6	Georgia Hall	-18	68-69-65-68	270
T10	Ariya Jutanugarn	-17	66-73-68-64	271
T10	Inbee Park	-17	68-68-68-67	271
T10	Moriya Jutanugarn	-17	68-67-69-67	271
T10	Jennifer Kupcho	-17	68-68-67-68	271
T10	Mina Harigae	-17	68-66-68-69	271
T15	Jenny Coleman	-16	71-69-67-65	272
T15	Xiyu Lin	-16	67-72-68-65	272
T15	Perrine Delacour	-16	71-64-70-67	272
T15	Charley Hull	-16	65-70-67-70	272
T15	Su Oh	-16	67-65-69-71	272
T20	Muni He	-15	70-71-65-67	273
T20	Amy Olson	-15	67-70-69-67	273
T20	Austin Ernst	-15	69-68-68-68	273
T20	Lexi Thompson	-15	68-68-68-69	273
T20	Sarah Schmelzel	-15	67-69-67-70	273
T25	Gaby Lopez	-14	68-70-69-67	274
T25	Gerina Piller	-14	70-71-65-68	274
T25	Marina Alex	-14	67-68-70-69	274
T25	Jessica Korda	-14	68-69-67-70	274
T29	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-13	67-69-74-65	275
T29	Nasa Hataoka	-13	65-72-71-67	275
T29	Stacy Lewis	-13	71-69-67-68	275
T29	Carlota Ciganda	-13	69-70-68-68	275
T29	Megan Khang	-13	68-71-68-68	275
T29	Katherine Kirk	-13	70-67-70-68	275
T29	Alison Lee	-13	67-74-65-69	275
T29	Min Lee	-13	66-71-69-69	275
T29	Ssu-Chia Cheng	-13	70-67-68-70	275
T29	Chella Choi	-13	67-68-69-71	275
T29	Lindy Duncan	-13	68-65-71-71	275
T29	Madelene Sagstrom	-13	68-67-65-75	275
T41	Cristie Kerr	-12	69-70-71-66	276
T41	Jiwon Jeon	-12	71-70-68-67	276
T41	Christina Kim	-12	68-70-71-67	276
T41	Elizabeth Szokol	-12	71-65-69-71	276
T45	Dana Finkelstein	-11	69-70-71-67	277
T45	Janie Jackson	-11	70-66-73-68	277
T45	Ruixin Liu	-11	71-68-69-69	277
T45	Gabriela Ruffels *	-11	67-72-69-69	277
T45	Hannah Green	-11	70-66-71-70	277
T45	Sophia Popov	-11	67-73-66-71	277
T45	Cheyenne Knight	-11	71-68-67-71	277
T45	Ashleigh Buhai	-11	69-68-69-71	277
T45	Giulia Molinaro	-11	68-68-69-72	277
T54	A Lim Kim	-10	72-69-69-68	278
T54	Albane Valenzuela	-10	70-70-70-68	278
T54	Jeongeun Lee	-10	69-71-67-71	278
T57	Jin Young Ko	-9	69-69-74-67	279
T57	Sarah Burnham	-9	68-71-72-68	279
T57	Azahara Munoz	-9	72-68-70-69	279
T57	Esther Henseleit	-9	68-72-67-72	279
T61	In Kyung Kim	-8	71-70-70-69	280
T61	Lydia Ko	-8	71-69-71-69	280
T61	Mo Martin	-8	73-68-69-70	280
T61	Caroline Masson	-8	69-70-71-70	280
T61	Esther Lee	-8	69-70-71-70	280
T66	Haeji Kang	-7	73-66-73-69	281
T66	Juli Inkster	-7	71-68-70-72	281
68	Cydney Clanton	-6	70-71-71-70	282
69	Jennifer Song	-5	71-70-70-72	283
T70	Valery Plata (a) *	-4	72-68-73-71	284
T70	Angel Yin	-4	72-68-67-77	284
72	Jeongeun Lee6	-2	73-66-77-70	286
	Brooke M. Henderson	CUT	75-67	142
	Kristen Gillman	CUT	73-69	142
	Lindsey Weaver	CUT	73-69	142
	Dani Holmqvist	CUT	72-70	142
	Pornanong Phatlum	CUT	72-70	142
	Linnea Strom	CUT	72-70	142
	Jasmine Suwannapura	CUT	72-70	142
	Min Seo Kwak	CUT	71-71	142
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	71-71	142
	Brittany Lang	CUT	70-72	142
	Brittany Lincicome	CUT	70-72	142
	Wichanee Meechai	CUT	70-72	142
	Alena Sharp	CUT	70-72	142
	Mi Jung Hur	CUT	69-73	142
	Paula Reto	CUT	76-67	143
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	75-68	143
	Mind Muangkhumsakul	CUT	70-73	143
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	CUT	69-74	143
	Jaye Marie Green	CUT	76-68	144
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	75-69	144
	Louise Ridderstrom	CUT	75-69	144
	Tiffany Joh	CUT	73-71	144
	Stephanie Meadow	CUT	73-71	144
	Haley Moore	CUT	73-71	144
	Kyung Kim	CUT	72-72	144
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	72-72	144
	Sung Hyun Park	CUT	72-72	144
	Pavarisa Yoktuan	CUT	72-72	144
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	70-74	144
	Laura Davies	CUT	70-74	144
	Clariss Guce #	CUT	70-74	144
	Marissa Steen	CUT	70-74	144
	Tiffany Chan	CUT	73-72	145
	Bronte Law	CUT	73-72	145
	Kris Tamulis *	CUT	72-73	145
	Kelly Tan	CUT	72-73	145
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	71-74	145
	Jing Yan	CUT	75-71	146
	Ana Belac	CUT	74-72	146
	Ryann O’Toole	CUT	74-72	146
	Paula Creamer	CUT	73-73	146
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	73-73	146
	Jane Park	CUT	73-73	146
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	73-73	146
	Alana Uriell	CUT	73-73	146
	Mirim Lee	CUT	72-74	146
	Liz Nagel	CUT	72-74	146
	Dottie Ardina	CUT	71-75	146
	Lee Lopez	CUT	70-76	146
	Klara Spilkova	CUT	70-76	146
	Yealimi Noh	CUT	76-71	147
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	73-74	147
	Jaclyn Lee	CUT	72-75	147
	Bianca Pagdanganan	CUT	70-77	147
	Emma Talley	CUT	76-72	148
	Brianna Do	CUT	74-74	148
	Luna Sobron Galmes	CUT	74-74	148
	Ayako Uehara	CUT	74-74	148
	Jillian Hollis	CUT	73-75	148
	Annie Park	CUT	73-75	148
	Samantha Troyanovich #	CUT	70-78	148
	Maia Schechter	CUT	78-71	149
	Anne van Dam	CUT	76-73	149
	Daniela Darquea	CUT	73-76	149
	Maria Fassi	CUT	75-75	150
	Jennifer Chang	CUT	70-80	150
	Kristy McPherson	CUT	78-73	151
	Yani Tseng	CUT	77-74	151
	Andrea Lee	CUT	73-79	152
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	77-76	153
	Julieta Granada	CUT	75-79	154
	Mel Reid	WD