Nelly Korda’s defence of her T-Mobile Match Play title came to an end as she was eliminated before the knockout stages.
The world’s top-ranked player needed to defeat Ariya Jutanugarn in her final round-robin game but lost 1-up on Friday and failed to qualify for the round of 16.
Korda looked on course to progress when she took advantage of Jutanugarn bogeying the par-3 13th to move 1 up, but she would bogey the 15th, allowing her opponent to draw level, and could not recover when she fell behind to Jutanugarn birdieing the 16th.
Korda’s struggles typified the week for the world’s top 10 players. Eight played in this tournament but only second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul advanced to the knockout stage.
Charley Hull was eliminated by Esther Henseleit
England’s Charley Hull also bowed out of the competition after losing her must-win final round-robin match against Esther Henseleit 5&4.
T-Mobile Match Play: Last-16 draw
- Ariya Jutanugarn vs Narin An
- Brooke Henderson vs Maja Stark
- Sei Young Kim vs Lauren Coughlin
- Stephanie Kyriacou vs A Lim Kim
- Jeeno Thitikul vs Nataliya Guseva
- Mao Saigo vs Angel Yin
- Carlota Ciganda vs Madelene Sagstrom
- Ashleigh Buhai vs Celine Boutier
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