LPGA 2021: Final Round Highlights, Gainbridge, & Korda thanks her caddie

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Highlights from the final round at Gainbridge LPGA 2021

This was not at all an easy round for Nelly Korda. "It was definitely very stressful", she told the press. She attributes her win, at least in part, to her caddie Jason McDede.

"I was pretty uneasy all day. I was not hitting it good, I was not hitting enough greens and I was not hitting it great off the tee. But I just kept it together and I really grinded today, and my caddie was definitely a big part of why I'm here right now, holding the trophy.

"He kept me calm and is someone I can vent to.  He even said, 'If you need to snap on someone, snap on me'.  So sometimes it's really good to get it out.  He's such a great team player. I owe a lot of my success to him."

From Sky Sports:

Korda reached the turn with a five-shot advantage over the field, with Lexi Thompson emerging as her biggest threat when she eagled the 11th to get to 13 under par.

But Thompson then bogeyed the 12th to hand back a little more breathing room for Korda, who was having to work harder than she wanted to keep a clean card and avoid slipping back towards the chasing pack.

Korda made a series of clutch par-saves in the knowledge that par golf would likely be enough to see her across the line, and she capped the victory with her 12th consecutive par at the last.

Her three-under 69 was enough to earn a convincing win over Thompson (68) and Lydia Ko, who surged into a share of second place with four birdies in a row on the back nine en route to a 69.

More on The Final Round, here

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