Charley Hull was in the final group with her at 16 under. There were seven others within four shots of the lead and on a course where you gotta keep up, it didn't take long for some serious jockeying to take place atop the leaderboard.
Hyo Joo Kim rallied from a four-shot deficit Sunday with an 8-under 64 to force a playoff, defeating Lilia Vu on the first extra hole with a 6-foot birdie putt in the Ford Championship. Kim won for the seventh time on the LPGA and emerged from a long and wild day in the desert at Whirlwind Golf Club with 10 birdies in the 19 holes she played.
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Agence France-Presse on MSNKim Hyo-joo tops Vu in playoff to win LPGA Ford ChampionshipSouth Korea's Kim Hyo-joo rolled in a six-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Ford Championship on Sunday ahead of American Lilia Vu. Kim had nine birdies in her eight-under-par 64,
Lydia Ko didn't quite make it back in the winner's circle, but four consecutive rounds in the 60s at the Ford Championship shows that she kept the momentum after three weeks off.
Nelly Korda seeks to defend the first of the seven titles she won in 2024 and is the clubhouse co-leader of the Ford Championship after a fiery round of golf.
Lilia Vu leads a star-packed leaderboard at the Ford Championship in Arizona. The tournament features such a strong field that it attracted 10 of the top 10 in the world.
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For someone who was looking to take a little bit of a step back from competition, Lexi Thompson is still a strong competitor. The 11-time LPGA winner said before the 2025 season that she was going to be semi-retired.
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Golf Digest on MSNANWA champ Lottie Woad is blazing path toward LPGA card through new LEAP programLottie Woad has played some phenomenal golf as an amateur, and she reached a new level of fame when she won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur last April. The Florida State junior and top-ranked female amateur in the world heads back to Georgia this week to defend her title,