American teenager Jessica Korda won the Women’s Australian Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, holing a
25-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a six-player playoff.
The 18-year-old Korda completed a two-sport, father-daughter Australian double with the breakthrough victory in the LPGA Tour opener. Petr Korda won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament, also in Melbourne.
“When we spoke on Monday, Dad said Melbourne had been good to him,” she said.
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Korda closed with a 1-over 74 to finish at 3-under 289 in the first women’s professional event at Royal Melbourne, the historic sand-belt layout that was the site of the 2011 Presidents Cup.
Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Julieta Granada, So Yeon Ryu and Hee Kyung Seo also were in the playoff, playing in threesomes on the par-4 18th.
All six players made par on the first extra hole. On the second, Lewis, Lincicome, Granada and Seo made par and Ryu had a bogey.
