Nelly Korda living the 'dream' after US Women's Open title win

[p]The world number one edged England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hull-charley/WUlI8kp1/"]Charley Hull[/a] and Mexico's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lopez-gaby/4b3zplst/"]Gaby Lopez[/a] for her long-coveted first US Open victory, giving her a fourth major title and her second of the year after she won the Chevron Championship in April.[/p][embed guid="305caeb0-9767-4203-9548-321a3b61e49b" url="https://x.com/uswomensopen/status/2063790232663896541?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/korda-nelly/4OpkdK7D/"]Korda[/a], 27, carded a two-under par 69 for an eight-under total of 276, keeping her nerve as Hull, Lopez, and South Korea's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chun-in-gee/vV8XQUeR/"]Chun In-Gee[/a] challenged on the Pacific Palisades course that will host golf at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.[/p][p]After rolling in the nine-foot birdie at the penultimate hole to seize a slender lead, Korda had one more tense moment as her par putt from just inside three feet at 18 circled the cup before dropping in.[/p][p][b]"I feel like I'm in a dream. I just can't even explain how much this means to me," [/b]a tearful Korda said at the trophy presentation.[/p][p]Minutes earlier, she had covered her face and let out a laugh after watching her final putt make its torturous way into the cup.[/p][p][b]"I mean, your heart rate is going,"[/b] said Korda, who called it [b]"a nice ice cream swirl to cap off the day".[/b][/p][embed guid="c52ffa5e-1a0a-4bed-ba97-6ef09c9e07a1" url="https://x.com/uswomensopen/status/2063789948168540344?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Korda has had what she called a[b] "complicated"[/b] relationship with her national Open; her three missed cuts have been her most in any major.[/p][p]She agonizingly came up short at Erin Hills last year and was under the gun on Thursday after an opening two-over 73.[/p][p]Tied for the lead to start the day, she was under fire often on a windy Sunday afternoon.[/p][p]She finally appeared to be on her way when she broke out of a four-way tie for the lead with her late birdie, her third of the day but her first since the sixth hole.[/p][embed guid="0e99ff7a-8329-46b4-a25e-87d61298aba9" url="https://x.com/uswomensopen/status/2063772015270478198?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"This week was definitely a grind,"[/b] she said. [b]"I don't even feel like I had my B game. I was just grinding out there.[/b][/p][p][b]"And that's what I guess major championships are all about, right? It doesn't matter if you have your B or C game; you have to be there mentally. I think I just did a really good job of staying patient and making those ups and downs and then knowing that when I had that little window, I was going to be aggressive."[/b][/p][p][/p][embed guid="8e6dffa3-b754-4a89-81e1-20bd36ae4a47" url="https://x.com/uswomensopen/status/2063772948465373627?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]England's Hull, who had thrust herself into contention with an impressive third-round 65, fired a four-under 67 for a seven-under total of 277, and Lopez signed for a three-under 68.[/p][p]Hull also birdied 17 and rattled in a par-saving nine-foot putt at 18 to keep her bid alive, but she ultimately had to settle for her fifth runner-up finish in a major.[/p][p][b]"It's just frustrating,"[/b] said Hull, who launched her round with an 11-foot eagle at the first and rolled in a 16-foot birdie at the third.[/p][p]She had a one-shot lead on eight-under after birdies at 10 and 11, but bogeyed 12 and 14.[/p][embed guid="ae252997-5a70-4aa9-8ae8-fdaa976adc8c" url="https://x.com/uswomensopen/status/2063737566461936040?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"It's pretty annoying, but I played really well the last day,"[/b] she said.[/p][p]Lopez had seized a share of the clubhouse lead with her fourth birdie of the day at 18, but didn't get a chance to test herself in a playoff.[/p][p]Chun, who won the first of her three major titles at the 2015 US Women's Open, had a two-shot lead after back-to-back birdies at 10 and 11, but she bogeyed 12 and 13 before missing an eight-foot par putt at 18.[/p][p]Her one-under 70 left her alone in fourth on six-under 278. She was one stroke in front of compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kim-sei-young/A74pNv5J/"]Kim Sei-Young[/a], who started the day tied with Korda for the lead but closed with a one-over 72.[/p]