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Nelly Korda has claimed a second consecutive major title, holding off Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez to triumph in the US Women’s Open by one shot – but only after one last anxious moment.
Korda’s first US Open win is the fourth major victory of her career, and she claimed it with a steady two-under 69 in the final round.
But it came after she had to watch her second putt for par from inside a metre on the 18th green catch the left edge and tour half the circumference of the hole before dropping.
World No.1 Korda put her hand over her open mouth in disbelief before finally laughing at her last shot.
She finished at eight-under 269 after sharing the lead with multiple competitors throughout the windy finale of the first Women’s Open ever held at 100-year-old Riviera in Los Angeles.
“I feel like I’m in a dream,” Korda told the gallery. “I just can’t even explain how much this means to me with all of you here cheering me on.”
Korda made a 9-foot birdie putt on the 17th to break out of a four-way tie for the lead with Lopez, the hard-charging Hull and three-time major champion In Gee Chun.
The 27-year-old Korda has stressed positivity and steadiness after her inexplicably winless 2025, and it has paid off with one of the most outstanding starts to a season in recent golf history.
She won opening major, the Chevron Championship in April, and had three victories and three second-place finishes in her first seven starts of the year.
After a rough opening-round 73 at Riviera, she put together back-to-back 67s to take a share of the lead into the final round.
Starting the day three shots back, England’s Hull charged and led before finishing with a 67 to tie for second with Mexico’s Lopez who posted a 68.
Chun (70 was outright fourth at six under, a shot ahead of fellow South Korean Sei Young Kim (72).
Youngsters Grace Kim (69) and Karis Davidson (73) tied for 22nd, 10 shots behind Korda and a shot ahead of fellow Australians Hannah Green (69) and Minjee Lee (71).
