NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After coming oh so close to winning at Shadow Creek last year, Lauren Coughlin made sure victory was never truly in doubt in the Aramco LPGA Championship.
She rolled to a five-shot win over Nelly Korda and the rest of the star-studded field for her first win in two years, AP reported.
Coughlin shot an even-par 72 for a 7-under total, earning the 33-year-old from Virginia $600,000. She won her third LPGA Tour title and first in the United States, after winning in Canada and Scotland in 2024.
“I think it just means more because after 2024 and not winning is hard,” Coughlin said. “I didn´t get it done earlier in the year last year when I had a couple chances and that really bothered me. I was like, `What if I don´t ever get to do it again? What if that´s the best golf I every played in 2024?´ Those thoughts were hard not to think last year.”
Korda was runner-up yet again after shooting a 75 and finishing at 2 under. She made her one birdie on the par-5 18th.
This was her third consecutive second-place finish after opening her season by winning in Orlando, Florida, moving Korda up a spot to No. 1 in the world ranking.
“I´m just going to stick to what I´m doing,” Korda said. “I´m really happy with the way that my game is trending, and sometimes when you work too hard and you exhaust yourself, you can go the other way.”
Leona Maguire (71) also finished at 2 under, and the only other player with an under-par score was Miyu Yamashita (74) at 1 under.
