Cognizant Founders Cup R4

Founders Cup 2021 R4
October 07-10
Mountain Ridge Country Club, West Caldwell, New Jersey
$3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

2019 defending champion Jin Young Ko has completed her wire-to-wire win at Mountain Ridge Country Club, winning the Cognizant Founders Cup by four shots.

Founders Cup 2021 R4

The World number 2 joins number 1 Nelly Korda as this season’s only three-time winners, Ko having won the Volunteers of America Classic in July and the Cambia Portland Classic in September.

She ties Annika Sörenstam (2005) and So Yeon Ryu (2016 & 2017) with fourteen consecutive rounds in the 60s. She also becomes the fifth player from the Republic of Korea to reach double digit wins in Tour history following Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (21), Sei Young Kim (12) and Jiyai Shin (11).

Founders Cup 2021 R4

“This win is my 10th career win, so this is really special. Two years ago I won this tournament , and I waited since the two years from the original to here,” said Ko. “I got a lot of the pressure on the course. I knew I’m defending champion and I knew like 60s score beat Annika’s (and So Yeon’s) record and wire-to-wire, so I had a lot of pressure on the course today. ”

Founders Cup 2021 R4

There was no sign of that pressure on the course in spite of the wet and cold conditions, she carded six birdies and a single bogey at the par-4 17th to close with a 66.

“I didn’t look at the scoreboard whole way, whole day, and I just check the scoreboard on the 18th green,” said Ko. “My caddie told me, ‘Did you notice?’ No. Yeah, I made it, and I’m so happy right now.”

Founders Cup 2021 R4

Germany’s Caroline Masson produced her best round since the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship with a bogey-free 64 finishing second at 14-under, her best finish since the 2019 Taiwain Swinging Skirts LPGA.

“I can’t tell you how big this is. It’s been a little bit rough this summer. Honestly, like mentally it was a really, really tough stretch, probably the toughest in my career,” said Masson. “So to come back out and have a good week last week and feel like I’m getting really close, you know, I know I’m pretty far away from winning this week score-wise, but it was pretty close. Pretty amazing. ”

Elizabeth Szokol finished third at 11-under followed by Jeongeun Lee6 and Yuka Saso in fifth place at 10-under.

Founders Cup 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Jin Young Ko	-18	63-68-69-66	266
2	Caroline Masson	-14	69-68-69-64	270
3	Elizabeth Szokol	-11	68-71-65-69	273
T4	Jeongeun Lee6	-10	70-68-69-67	274
T4	Yuka Saso	-10	67-70-67-70	274
T6	Gaby Lopez	-9	73-68-69-65	275
T6	A Lim Kim	-9	68-71-69-67	275
T6	Jessica Korda	-9	69-69-69-68	275
T6	Lindsey Weaver	-9	68-67-69-71	275
T6	So Yeon Ryu	-9	67-66-71-71	275
11	Moriya Jutanugarn	-8	68-71-69-68	276
12	Lexi Thompson	-7	71-65-70-71	277
T13	Alison Lee	-6	72-71-69-66	278
T13	Megan Khang	-6	68-71-70-69	278
T13	Jennifer Chang	-6	72-70-66-70	278
T13	Sei Young Kim	-6	70-71-67-70	278
T13	Brooke M. Henderson	-6	67-70-70-71	278
T13	Jenny Shin	-6	68-68-71-71	278
T19	Paula Reto	-5	71-71-69-68	279
T19	Celine Boutier	-5	70-70-71-68	279
T19	Patty Tavatanakit	-5	72-68-70-69	279
T19	Yu Liu	-5	72-68-69-70	279
T19	Jaye Marie Green	-5	72-68-67-72	279
T19	Nelly Korda	-5	67-71-68-73	279
T25	In Gee Chun	-4	68-70-76-66	280
T25	Inbee Park	-4	70-72-70-68	280
T25	Lauren Coughlin	-4	70-71-71-68	280
T25	Daniela Darquea	-4	69-71-71-69	280
T25	Minjee Lee	-4	69-68-73-70	280
T25	Xiyu Lin	-4	68-68-73-71	280
T25	Lizette Salas	-4	69-68-70-73	280
T25	Maria Fassi	-4	68-69-69-74	280
T33	Ryann O’Toole	-3	71-72-71-67	281
T33	Dottie Ardina	-3	71-70-71-69	281
T33	Sarah Schmelzel	-3	70-71-71-69	281
T33	Georgia Hall	-3	69-71-72-69	281
T33	Muni He	-3	71-68-73-69	281
T33	Jasmine Suwannapura	-3	69-70-73-69	281
T33	Mi Jung Hur	-3	75-68-66-72	281
T33	Wei-Ling Hsu	-3	72-66-71-72	281
T33	Perrine Delacour	-3	67-69-70-75	281
T42	Charley Hull	-2	73-68-74-67	282
T42	Wichanee Meechai	-2	69-74-71-68	282
T42	Madelene Sagstrom	-2	71-67-75-69	282
T42	Hyo Joo Kim	-2	68-74-69-71	282
T42	Anna Nordqvist	-2	70-71-70-71	282
T42	Carlota Ciganda	-2	71-69-70-72	282
T42	Hannah Green	-2	68-72-70-72	282
T42	Chella Choi	-2	68-68-73-73	282
T42	Amy Olson	-2	70-68-70-74	282
T51	Annie Park	-1	72-69-72-70	283
T51	Ashleigh Buhai	-1	70-71-72-70	283
T51	Su Oh	-1	68-72-73-70	283
T51	Nasa Hataoka	-1	69-73-66-75	283
T55	Eun-Hee Ji	E	71-71-72-70	284
T55	Katherine Kirk	E	70-72-72-70	284
T55	Ally Ewing	E	69-70-75-70	284
T55	Na Yeon Choi	E	69-74-70-71	284
T55	Ariya Jutanugarn	E	69-73-71-71	284
T60	Stephanie Meadow	+1	70-71-75-69	285
T60	Sophia Popov	+1	71-72-70-72	285
T60	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+1	72-69-72-72	285
T60	Amy Yang	+1	67-74-70-74	285
T60	Azahara Munoz	+1	71-68-71-75	285
T65	Kristen Gillman	+2	71-71-74-70	286
T65	Lindy Duncan	+2	69-71-74-72	286
T65	Jeongeun Lee	+2	72-70-71-73	286
T68	Mel Reid	+3	72-71-72-72	287
T68	Danielle Kang	+3	70-69-75-73	287
T68	Anne van Dam	+3	70-70-73-74	287
71	Sandra Gal	+4	66-77-71-74	288
T72	Albane Valenzuela	+5	73-69-76-71	289
T72	Mina Harigae	+5	73-70-74-72	289
T72	Jenny Coleman	+5	72-70-72-75	289
T72	Mo Martin	+5	74-67-71-77	289
T76	Andrea Lee	+6	73-70-72-75	290
T76	Marina Alex	+6	71-70-73-76	290
78	Pavarisa Yoktuan	+7	70-71-73-77	291
	Christina Kim	CUT	76-68	144
	Dani Holmqvist	CUT	73-71	144
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	72-72	144
	Matilda Castren	CUT	71-73	144
	Alena Sharp	CUT	71-73	144
	Sakura Yokomine	CUT	70-74	144
	Gerina Piller	CUT	69-75	144
	Amari Nicole Avery (a)	CUT	76-69	145
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	76-69	145
	Jennifer Song	CUT	74-71	145
	Emma Talley	CUT	74-71	145
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	72-73	145
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	71-74	145
	Ana Belac	CUT	70-75	145
	Mi Hyang Lee	CUT	70-75	145
	Min Lee	CUT	76-70	146
	Stacy Lewis	CUT	75-71	146
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	75-71	146
	Esther Lee	CUT	73-73	146
	Luna Sobron Galmes	CUT	73-73	146
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	71-75	146
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	71-75	146
	Haeji Kang	CUT	74-73	147
	Angela Stanford	CUT	74-73	147
	Jensen Castle (a)	CUT	73-74	147
	Cristie Kerr	CUT	73-74	147
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	CUT	73-74	147
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	73-74	147
	Nicole Broch Estrup	CUT	72-75	147
	Cydney Clanton	CUT	72-75	147
	Pornanong Phatlum	CUT	72-75	147
	Tiffany Chan	CUT	71-76	147
	Bronte Law	CUT	71-76	147
	Mirim Lee	CUT	71-76	147
	Lauren Stephenson	CUT	69-78	147
	Ssu-Chia Cheng	CUT	75-73	148
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	CUT	75-73	148
	Celine Herbin	CUT	73-75	148
	Jing Yan	CUT	72-76	148
	Angel Yin	CUT	72-76	148
	Olivia Mehaffey	CUT	71-77	148
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	76-73	149
	Mind Muangkhumsakul	CUT	76-73	149
	Marissa Steen	CUT	76-73	149
	Leona Maguire	CUT	75-74	149
	Laura Davies	CUT	75-75	150
	Sydnee Michaels	CUT	77-74	151
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	76-75	151
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	74-77	151
	Linnea Strom	CUT	72-79	151
	Wenyung Keh	CUT	72-80	152
	Min Seo Kwak	CUT	76-77	153
	Dana Finkelstein	CUT	77-77	154
	Brittany Lang	CUT	76-81	157