Record 5th straight crown for Korda

WASHINGTON  – World No. 1 Nelly Korda matched an LPGA record with her fifth consecutive victory on Sunday, winning the Chevron Championship for her second major crown and 13th career tour triumph.

The two-stroke triumph over Sweden’s Maja Stark stretched Korda’s season win streak to five titles in five starts to equal the LPGA record set by American Nancy Lopez in 1978 and matched by Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam from 2004-05.

Korda withstood a tension-packed back nine but never lost her lead in holding off rivals over the closing holes at Carlton Woods in suburban Houston.