Pelican Women’s Championship R4

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R4
November 11-14
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
$1,750,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Rolex Rankings No. 1 Nelly Korda birdied the 18th after a triple bogey at the par-4 17th to join a four-way playoff and made another birdie on the first extra hole to emerge the winner of the Pelican Women’s Championship.

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R4

“I honestly lost hope,” said Korda of the 17th. “I was like, ‘Okay, just try to make a solid par because 18 is a really tough hole. If you have a chance for birdie, then try and go after it.’ But my caddie [Jason McDede] really kept me in the moment and I didn’t give up. Thank God I didn’t.

“Jason was like, ‘I want you to take one minute and just think positive thoughts, no negativity.’ So, I just thought about the putts I made, particularly No. 6. I made that right-to-left birdie putt, so I thought about that and just seeing the ball go in the hole.”

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R4

Korda joins Rolex Rankings No. 2 Jin Young Ko as the only player with four wins on Tour this season and is the American with the most wins in an LPGA Tour season since Stacy Lewis won four times in 2012. She also won the golf medal at the Tokyo Olympics this past summer.

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R4

“I think the major [KPMG Women’s PGA Championship] was the hardest because it was back-to-back events. It was my first major and that’s what I wanted for so, so long,” said Korda. “Growing up, I didn’t think, ‘Okay, I want to play in the Olympics. I want to win a gold medal.’ It was, ‘I want to win a major.’ That one definitely ranks really high up.

“But the gold medal, you know, comes once every four years. It’s such an honor to stand on that podium in front of the flag and put your hand across your chest. I had chills go through my entire body and I got really, really emotional. Thankfully I had the mask on.

“I always say that every event has a different meaning and every event has a special meaning to me, but obviously my first major, the gold medal, winning in front of my parents for the first time in [Lake] Nona, coming back, having all these expectations on me, not playing for a while and winning here, winning at Meijer [LPGA Classic] after missing the cut at the U.S. Open, being so down. Every win is special.”

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R4

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who shot a bogey-free 66, held the clubhouse lead alongside South Korea’s Sei Young Kim (67) when Korda birdied the final hole to join the playoff. American Lexi Thompson made back-to-back bogeys on the final two holes to close with a 69 and join them.

“Had an amazing week,” said Thompson. “Played solid golf. So many players played amazing golf, Nelly as well, obviously. Played a lot of good golf, made a lot of good putts, and just wasn’t meant for me in the end.”

Canadian Brooke Henderson finished fifth at 14-under after a closing 65.

Pelican’s Championship 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Nelly Korda	-17	65-66-63-69	263
T2	Lydia Ko	-17	67-66-64-66	263
T2	Sei Young Kim	-17	64-67-65-67	263
T2	Lexi Thompson	-17	65-64-65-69	263
5	Brooke M. Henderson	-14	67-69-65-65	266
T6	Aditi Ashok	-13	67-71-65-64	267
T6	Jin Young Ko	-13	68-66-67-66	267
T6	Gaby Lopez	-13	66-67-68-66	267
T6	Pornanong Phatlum	-13	67-66-67-67	267
T6	Patty Tavatanakit	-13	68-65-64-70	267
T11	Caroline Inglis	-12	68-70-64-66	268
T11	Jessica Korda	-12	67-67-67-67	268
T11	Jeongeun Lee6	-12	68-64-69-67	268
14	Yuka Saso	-11	68-64-70-67	269
15	Albane Valenzuela	-10	69-68-69-64	270
T16	Ally Ewing	-9	68-67-71-65	271
T16	Yu Liu	-9	66-72-67-66	271
T16	Ariya Jutanugarn	-9	69-68-66-68	271
T16	Wei-Ling Hsu	-9	66-64-72-69	271
T16	Lauren Coughlin	-9	65-68-68-70	271
T16	Christina Kim	-9	65-66-65-75	271
T22	Mel Reid	-8	75-63-70-64	272
T22	Amy Olson	-8	69-66-72-65	272
T22	Xiyu Lin	-8	70-69-66-67	272
T22	Lauren Stephenson	-8	68-68-66-70	272
T22	Maria Fassi	-8	67-65-68-72	272
T22	Jennifer Kupcho	-8	65-64-66-77	272
T28	In Gee Chun	-7	74-66-66-67	273
T28	Marina Alex	-7	68-71-67-67	273
T28	Pavarisa Yoktuan	-7	68-67-70-68	273
T28	Danielle Kang	-7	65-67-70-71	273
T28	Leona Maguire	-7	62-68-68-75	273
T33	Cheyenne Knight	-6	70-68-69-67	274
T33	Brittany Lincicome	-6	68-70-68-68	274
T33	Madelene Sagstrom	-6	69-68-69-68	274
T33	Annie Park	-6	68-69-69-68	274
T33	Sarah Schmelzel	-6	72-67-65-70	274
T33	Jaye Marie Green	-6	69-66-68-71	274
T33	A Lim Kim	-6	68-67-67-72	274
T40	Lindy Duncan	-5	72-66-71-66	275
T40	Giulia Molinaro	-5	70-69-68-68	275
T40	Ryann O’Toole	-5	69-68-70-68	275
T40	Isi Gabsa	-5	70-69-67-69	275
T40	Katherine Kirk	-5	70-67-68-70	275
T40	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-5	72-64-68-71	275
T40	Nasa Hataoka	-5	65-70-68-72	275
T47	Eun-Hee Ji	-4	71-68-68-69	276
T47	Stephanie Meadow	-4	70-70-66-70	276
T47	Caroline Masson	-4	69-68-68-71	276
T47	Jennifer Song	-4	70-66-69-71	276
T47	Esther Henseleit	-4	66-70-68-72	276
T52	Alena Sharp	-3	70-66-72-69	277
T52	Brittany Altomare	-3	67-69-71-70	277
T52	Su Oh	-3	68-64-73-72	277
T52	Mi Hyang Lee	-3	69-62-73-73	277
T52	Matilda Castren	-3	67-64-72-74	277
T57	Tiffany Chan	-2	70-70-71-67	278
T57	Ashleigh Buhai	-2	71-66-68-73	278
T57	Celine Boutier	-2	68-66-70-74	278
T60	Emma Talley	-1	70-70-71-68	279
T60	Azahara Munoz	-1	74-66-69-70	279
T60	Perrine Delacour	-1	70-69-68-72	279
T60	Lizette Salas	-1	69-70-68-72	279
T60	Pernilla Lindberg	-1	72-65-69-73	279
T65	Jasmine Suwannapura	Par	72-67-69-72	280
T65	Wichanee Meechai	Par	69-68-69-74	280
67	Moriya Jutanugarn	+1	68-72-69-72	281
T68	Nicole Broch Estrup	+2	69-71-68-74	282
T68	Ssu-Chia Cheng	+2	67-72-69-74	282
70	So Yeon Ryu	+3	73-66-69-75	283
T71	Paula Reto	+4	71-69-72-72	284
T71	Megan Khang	+4	70-69-73-72	284
T71	Kristen Gillman	+4	71-67-72-74	284
	Linnea Strom	CUT	72-69	141
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	74-68	142
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	CUT	73-69	142
	Cristie Kerr	CUT	72-70	142
	Jillian Hollis	CUT	69-73	142
	Marissa Steen	CUT	69-73	142
	Gerina Piller	CUT	78-65	143
	Haeji Kang	CUT	76-67	143
	Cydney Clanton	CUT	73-70	143
	Esther Lee	CUT	73-70	143
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	73-70	143
	Mina Harigae	CUT	71-72	143
	Yealimi Noh	CUT	71-72	143
	Sophia Popov	CUT	71-72	143
	Mariajo Uribe	CUT	74-70	144
	Daniela Darquea	CUT	73-71	144
	Ana Belac	CUT	72-72	144
	Pajaree Anannarukarn	CUT	71-73	144
	Stacy Lewis	CUT	71-73	144
	Austin Ernst	CUT	70-74	144
	Chella Choi	CUT	76-69	145
	Anne van Dam	CUT	75-70	145
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	71-74	145
	Amy Yang	CUT	71-74	145
	Angela Stanford	CUT	70-75	145
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	77-69	146
	Maisie Filler (a)	CUT	76-70	146
	Mirim Lee	CUT	74-72	146
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	72-74	146
	Tiffany Joh	CUT	75-72	147
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	73-74	147
	Jing Yan	CUT	76-72	148
	Angel Yin	CUT	71-78	149
	Destiny Lawson	CUT	77-78	155
	Jenny Shin	W/D