Eire’s Leona Maguire has arrange a T-Cellular Match Play closing in opposition to world No 1 Nelly Korda, after the pair produced dominant efforts on Saturday within the quarter-finals and semi-finals at Las Vegas.
Korda dispatched South Korea’s Narin An 4&3 in a single semi-final, whereas Maguire ousted South Korea’s Sei Younger Kim 3&2 at Shadow Creek Golf Course.
“Nelly is one of the best on this planet proper now,” Maguire stated. “She’s on a extremely sizzling streak. It has been extremely spectacular what she’s been doing previously few weeks.
“It will be a extremely powerful battle tomorrow,” she added. “I’ve bought a giant problem forward of me. I am excited. I imply, that is why you observe. You wish to play one of the best gamers on this planet and that is what Nelly is.”
Korda is trying to win her fourth consecutive LPGA Tour occasion.
“(Maguire is) simply so constant,” Korda stated. “Such a troublesome competitor. Actually grinds on the market. We have had a pair battles in Solheim Cups for positive.
“However I believe it is simply going to be a grind tomorrow. I believe it’s going to be a whole lot of enjoyable and nothing goes to be straightforward.”
Stay LPGA Tour Golf
Sunday seventh April 11:00pm
Korda constructed an imposing early lead by enjoying even on the primary three holes – all par-fours – whereas An struggled with bogeys. Korda birdied holes six and 7 to go up 5 holes.
An responded with a birdie whereas Korda bogeyed the par-four 10, however Korda got here proper again with a par at gap 11 whereas An wanted an additional stroke. An parred the par-three 13 to achieve a gap, however Korda clinched the semi-final by matching her at No 14 (each bogeyed) and No 15 (each parred).
Maguire was up two on Kim on a par on the first gap and a birdie at gap three.
Kim birdied the par-five fourth to chop her deficit, solely to fall additional behind when her opponent made pars on the par-five seventh and at No 10. Kim’s solely different birdie got here at No 14, then Maguire parred Nos 15 and 16 to shut out the match.
Within the quarter-finals, Maguire received by 4&3 over Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn, who had emerged from a four-player play-off on Friday to get to the weekend.
Korda topped fellow American Angel Yin 3&2 of their quarter-final match.
Kim had cruised previous American Rose Zhang 6&5, and An edged Japan’s Minami Katsu 1Up within the different quarter-finals.
The sphere was minimize to the highest 65 gamers and ties after 36 holes of stroke play on Wednesday and Thursday, then trimmed to the highest eight after stroke play on Friday. Saturday morning was single-elimination match-play brackets, with the championship match set for Sunday.
Watch the ultimate of the LPGA’s T-Cellular Match Play between Leona Maguire and Nelly Korda, reside on Sky Sports activities Golf and Important Occasion from 11pm, Sunday. Stream the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, majors and more with NOW
Ad content | Stream Sky Sports on NOW
Stream Sky Sports activities reside with no contract on a Month or Day membership on NOW. Instantaneous entry to reside motion from the Premier League, EFL, F1, England Cricket and a lot extra.
Get one of the best costs and ebook a spherical at one in every of 1,700 programs throughout the UK & Eire
