Volunteers of America Classic R4

VOA Classic 2021 R4
July 01-04
Old American Golf Club, The Colony, Texas
$1,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

A week after losing her World number 1 position, Jin Young Ko shot a final round 69 to reach 16-under and win her eighth career LPGA Tour title at the Volunteers of America Classic.

VOA Classic 2021 R4

Ko started her round well with birdies on three of her first four holes before losing ground with a bogey at the par-3 5th then parred the rest of the front nine to make the turn in 33. She fired one more birdie at the 10th immediately followed by another bogey at the par-3 11th before parring the final six holes.

VOA Classic 2021 R4

“I was thinking I had a lot of pressure with the No. 1 ranking,” said Ko. “But I made it this week. I’m very happy.

“I was thinking I couldn’t win this week because like Matilda [Castren], she played really well today and yesterday, too. It’s like I want to focus on my game on the course and then I tried to not think about Matilda, how she play, hit driver or whatever. And it was tough. But yeah, she’s good player.”

VOA Classic 2021 R4

Castren missed a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th to set up a playoff and closed with a 69 having played three birdies and a single bogey at the par-4 15th.

VOA Classic 2021 R4

“I played with her the last two days and it was really cool to watch her play,” said Castren of Ko. “She didn’t make many mistakes at all, recovered from not-so-great shots really well. I can definitely see why she was World No. 1 for so long. It was just really special.

“Especially yesterday with Lee6 in our group, I was walking down the fairway just thinking who would’ve known, a couple years ago, that I would be playing with these girls. I’m proud of how far I have come.”

Gaby Lopez made seven birdies to shoot 6-under 65 on Sunday. The flag bearer for Mexico at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics finished third at 14-under.

VOA Classic 2021 R4

Emma Talley (63), Ana Belac (68) and Esther Henseleit (72) shared fourth place at 12-under.

VOA Classic 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Jin Young Ko	-16	63-70-66-69	268
2	Matilda Castren	-15	66-66-68-69	269
3	Gaby Lopez	-14	69-66-70-65	270
T4	Emma Talley	-12	65-73-71-63	272
T4	Ana Belac	-12	68-68-68-68	272
T4	Esther Henseleit	-12	66-70-64-72	272
7	Jeongeun Lee6	-11	64-70-69-70	273
T8	Hyo Joo Kim	-10	69-68-70-67	274
T8	Celine Herbin	-10	68-68-71-67	274
T8	Min-G Kim	-10	65-74-67-68	274
T8	Celine Boutier	-10	68-67-71-68	274
T12	Stacy Lewis	-9	68-69-68-70	275
T12	Angela Stanford	-9	69-70-65-71	275
T14	Jackie Stoelting	-8	69-69-72-66	276
T14	Dana Finkelstein	-8	67-72-70-67	276
T14	Jaye Marie Green	-8	68-69-69-70	276
T14	Paula Reto	-8	68-69-68-71	276
T14	In Gee Chun	-8	64-72-69-71	276
T19	Yu Liu	-7	70-68-72-67	277
T19	Peiyun Chien	-7	70-70-69-68	277
T19	Lauren Coughlin	-7	68-70-71-68	277
T22	Jasmine Suwannapura	-6	66-71-73-68	278
T22	Pornanong Phatlum	-6	69-69-69-71	278
T22	Marina Alex	-6	69-69-68-72	278
T22	Perrine Delacour	-6	66-72-68-72	278
T26	Kendall Dye	-5	70-71-69-69	279
T26	Yealimi Noh	-5	70-70-70-69	279
T26	Ssu-Chia Cheng	-5	67-71-71-70	279
T26	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-5	68-70-70-71	279
T26	Katherine Kirk	-5	68-69-70-72	279
31	Jeongeun Lee	-4	68-72-72-68	280
T32	Fatima Fernandez Cano	-3	71-70-72-68	281
T32	Ayako Uehara	-3	69-72-72-68	281
T32	Cindy LaCrosse	-3	71-72-68-70	281
T32	Sung Hyun Park	-3	74-67-70-70	281
T32	Lizette Salas	-3	70-71-70-70	281
T32	Mirim Lee	-3	73-70-64-74	281
T38	Pavarisa Yoktuan	-2	70-71-74-67	282
T38	Esther Lee	-2	71-72-70-69	282
T38	Jenny Shin	-2	71-72-70-69	282
T38	Eun-Hee Ji	-2	70-71-71-70	282
T38	Kristen Gillman	-2	69-74-68-71	282
T38	Clariss Guce	-2	69-71-70-72	282
T38	Lindy Duncan	-2	69-69-72-72	282
T38	Gerina Piller	-2	66-72-72-72	282
T38	Brianna Do	-2	69-72-68-73	282
T47	Anna Nordqvist	-1	71-71-73-68	283
T47	Stephanie Meadow	-1	73-70-70-70	283
T47	Lindsey Weaver	-1	71-71-71-70	283
T47	Cheyenne Knight	-1	71-71-71-70	283
T47	Min Seo Kwak	-1	71-69-73-70	283
T47	Aditi Ashok	-1	71-71-69-72	283
T47	Lauren Kim	-1	70-71-70-72	283
T47	Sarah Jane Smith	-1	66-74-71-72	283
T47	Sei Young Kim	-1	70-68-69-76	283
T56	Jenny Coleman	E	68-73-76-67	284
T56	Carlota Ciganda	E	72-70-72-70	284
T56	Na Yeon Choi	E	71-72-70-71	284
T56	Linnea Johansson	E	70-73-70-71	284
T56	Farah Bernadette O’Keefe (a) *	E	69-73-71-71	284
T56	Bianca Pagdanganan	E	70-70-72-72	284
T56	Alana Uriell	E	71-72-68-73	284
T63	Albane Valenzuela	+1	70-72-72-71	285
T63	Dottie Ardina	+1	70-72-71-72	285
T63	Mind Muangkhumsakul	+1	72-71-68-74	285
T63	Lee Lopez	+1	73-65-73-74	285
T67	Elizabeth Szokol	+2	69-73-77-67	286
T67	Jing Yan	+2	76-67-73-70	286
T67	Katherine Perry-Hamski	+2	68-71-77-70	286
T70	Paula Creamer	+3	72-71-74-70	287
T70	Elin Arvidsson	+3	74-69-73-71	287
T70	Caroline Inglis	+3	71-70-72-74	287
T73	Kris Tamulis	+4	68-73-75-72	288
T73	Maia Schechter	+4	69-74-70-75	288
T73	Vicky Hurst	+4	68-74-70-76	288
76	Isi Gabsa	+5	67-76-73-73	289
77	Cydney Clanton	+6	68-74-73-75	290
78	Liz Nagel	+9	70-73-78-72	293
	Gemma Dryburgh	CUT	75-69	144
	Sydnee Michaels	CUT	75-69	144
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	75-69	144
	Luna Sobron Galmes	CUT	74-70	144
	Juli Inkster	CUT	73-71	144
	Laura Gonzalez Escallon	CUT	72-72	144
	Alejandra Llaneza	CUT	72-72	144
	Kristy McPherson	CUT	70-74	144
	Haley Moore	CUT	70-74	144
	Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras	CUT	69-75	144
	Andrea Lee	CUT	68-76	144
	Frida Kinhult	CUT	74-71	145
	Maddie McCrary #	CUT	73-72	145
	Wichanee Meechai	CUT	73-72	145
	Louise Ridderstrom	CUT	73-72	145
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	73-72	145
	Alena Sharp	CUT	72-73	145
	Avery Zweig (a) *	CUT	72-73	145
	A Lim Kim	CUT	71-74	145
	Linnea Strom	CUT	71-74	145
	Yujeong Son	CUT	70-75	145
	Tiffany Joh	CUT	69-76	145
	Marissa Steen	CUT	68-77	145
	Mi Hyang Lee	CUT	74-72	146
	Bailey Elizabeth Shoemaker (a) *	CUT	72-74	146
	Greta Isabella Voelker #	CUT	72-74	146
	Katelyn Dambaugh	CUT	71-75	146
	Sarah Burnham	CUT	70-76	146
	Janie Jackson	CUT	70-76	146
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	70-76	146
	Brynn Christine Walker *	CUT	69-77	146
	Roberta Liti	CUT	67-79	146
	Annie Park	CUT	76-71	147
	Kristin Coleman	CUT	75-72	147
	Caroline Hedwall	CUT	75-72	147
	Jillian Hollis	CUT	75-72	147
	Mi Jung Hur	CUT	75-72	147
	Daniela Darquea	CUT	74-73	147
	Brittany Lang	CUT	74-73	147
	Julie Aime	CUT	73-74	147
	Jacqui Concolino	CUT	73-74	147
	Suzuka Yamaguchi	CUT	72-75	147
	Tiffany Chan	CUT	71-76	147
	Kyung Kim	CUT	71-76	147
	Kelly Tan	CUT	74-74	148
	Nuria Iturrioz	CUT	72-76	148
	Dani Holmqvist	CUT	72-77	149
	Natalie Gulbis	CUT	70-79	149
	Rachel Rohanna	CUT	75-75	150
	Maria Fassi	CUT	73-77	150
	Jane Park	CUT	73-77	150
	Laetitia Beck	CUT	76-75	151
	Jaclyn Lee	CUT	77-75	152
	Yani Tseng	CUT	75-77	152
	Katelyn Sepmoree *	CUT	78-75	153
	Meredith Duncan	CUT	76-77	153
	Kris Tschetter	CUT	78-80	158
	Amelia Lewis	CUT	80-79	159
	Anne van Dam	W/D	75
	Jiwon Jeon	W/D	77