Allisen Corpuz wins U.S. Women’s Open for first LPGA title

Jul 10, 2023 at 2:46 AM
Allisen Corpuz wins U.S. Women’s Open for first LPGA title

Allisen Corpuz poured in six birdies to interrupt away from the pack and win the U.S. Women’s Open by three strokes on Sunday at Pebble Beach — incomes not solely her first main title however her first win of any type on the LPGA Tour.

Corpuz, a 25-year-old from Honolulu, took house a $2 million winner’s share of the $11 million prize pool, each information for ladies’s skilled golf. It marked the primary ladies’s main of the fashionable period to be held on the famed course alongside the Pacific Ocean.

She performed within the remaining pairing with Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and trailed Hataoka’s lead by one shot coming into the day. Corpuz turned in a 3-under 69 to complete at 9-under 279.

After enjoying the entrance 9 in 1-under 35 to tie Hataoka at 7 below for the championship, Corpuz birdied the par-4 tenth to take a lead she wouldn’t relinquish. Hataoka bogeyed No. 12, 14 and 16 and Corpuz transformed consecutive quick birdie putts at Nos. 14 and 15.

England’s Charley Hull rocketed up the leaderboard with a 6-under 66, matching Hataoka’s Saturday rating for the low spherical of the week. Hull and South Korea’s Jiyai Shin (68) tied for second at 6 below, and Hataoka (76) light to a tie for fourth at 3 below with Bailey Tardy (73).

Corpuz, who wanted simply 26 putts Sunday to tempo the sector, was a rookie in 2022 and entered the week with 4 top-five finishes in her year-plus on tour. That included a T4 end within the first main of this season, the Chevron Championship.