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It seemed like a win match between Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda for a long time. But South Korean Mirim Lee lost three chips during the final round and won ANA Inspiration after a special play.
Mirim Lee vann ANA Inspiration.
The second women’s golf races of the year offered a completely unlikely resolution. Mirim Lee sneaked into the backwater for most of the final round at Mission Hills course, but in the final holes came a crazy sprint.
On the 16th hole, he missed the green, but dropped a long birdie chip, his second low chip of the day.
A bogey on the 17th hole seemed to pull her out of the victory discussion, but then Lee dropped a new long chip, for eagle, on the last hole.
When Nelly Korda, who had the lead with two shots and three holes left, “only” made par at 18th, it meant a special game for the victory. Canadian Brooke Henderson also went there after finishing with a birdie.
So the special game?
Mirim Lee decided not with a chip, but with a birdie putt as the trio played the 18th hole again. The 29-year-old was clearly shaken after the first major victory of his career.
Extra heavy for Nelly Korda, the 22-year-old American who for so long controlled what would have been her first big win.
The best Swede was Linnea Ström, split 32nd with two under par and thirteen shots behind the leader.
