February 25-28
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Orlando, Florida
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

At 22-years-old, Nelly Korda has won her fourth victory on the LPGA Tour since joining in 2017 with a bogey-free 69 to finish at 16-under overall.

“I was so uptight and stressed today. It may not have looked that way, but if you just heard my conversations with my caddie today you would've known how stressed I was because I was not hitting it well. I didn't feel very good. I just grinded through it. Today was honestly a grind,” said Korda. “Honestly, I was pretty uneasy all day. I was not hitting it good. I was not hitting enough greens. I was not hitting it great off the tee. I just kept it together.”

The 54-hole leader started with three birdies on the first six holes and followed it up with 12 straight pars.

Korda had never yet won on American soil, or had a professional win in front of her parents. It's the second time in LPGA Tour history that sisters have won consecutive events (her sister, Jessica, won the season's opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champion in January). The first were Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam in 2000; Annika won the Welch's/Circle K Championship on March 13 and Charlotta won the Standard Register PING on March 19.

“It's amazing. If we can follow in their footsteps, in Annika's footsteps, that would be absurd,” said Korda. “It just feels amazing to pull off a win, especially in front of family. It's actually kind of funny because Jess won the week of my dad's birthday and I won the week of Jess'.”

Korda's win come just months after injuring her back during the 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and having to withdraw, then taking time off to recover for the U.S. Women's Open and the CME Group Tour Championship.

“I think there is no athlete that's not in pain, to be honest. Every athlete is constantly dealing with something and just trying to maintain. Yeah, it's been a really hard six, seven months. I don't know when I injured it. I've worked a lot on my body to get myself to where I am today,” said Korda. “I'm continually going to work that hard, but it feels great to finally see the hard work payoff.”

Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson tied for second at 13-under. Thompson carded her third-straight 68 helped by an eagle at the 11th.

“The eagle was definitely a good little boost to get somewhat up there. I just tried to stay within my game and focus on one shot at a time, and that definitely helped,” said Thompson. “I bogeyed the next hole, but I just tried to stay in it and birdie coming in.”

World No. 1 Jin Young Ko ended the day at 11-under to finish fourth, her fourth consecutive top-five finish since the 2020 Volunteers of America Classic.

Local resident Annika Sorentam, making a one-off appearance after retiring in 2008, played a final-round 76 to finish 74th at 13-over.

“You know, I'm just thankful for being here, playing here and be able to make the cut. I think overall it's been quite successful in the sense that I accomplished what I wanted, which was to go out here and just play and play and play. I hit a lot of shots, but I really focused on every shot,” said Sorenstam. “I think I never gave up, even though it was not really going my way and I wasn't hitting as well as I should be to be out here. The purpose was to get some tournament rounds and I did that.

“I would say I'm quite tired, I'm exhausted. I gave it all. Takes a lot of effort when you miss greens and chip around these greens is really, really difficult. So put a lot of energy into that and obviously just with everybody around it's been fantastic. It really has. The more I think about it, and once it sinks in I think it's going to be a big smile on my face.”