She tapped in for a birdie which was matched by Maguire whereas defending champion Korda might solely handle par and was eradicated from the playoff.
“I believe this one is even higher than the primary personally,” Kupcho informed the LPGA afterwards. “I had such an enormous lead going into the ultimate spherical at Chevron, so to return out of this one with top-ranked gamers everywhere, the leaderboard was packed, inside strokes so it was very shut, and I really feel very pleased with myself for popping out of it.
“I believed to myself this morning that I ought to name (my dad), however I saved telling myself, ‘No, we’ll name him after the spherical with the trophy in our hand,’ and I am excited I can try this now.”
The playoff capped a curler coaster final day for Kupcho after she carded an early double bogey on the third gap and a bogey on the sixth to fall three photographs behind in a single day chief Korda. An eagle on the eighth and a birdie on the ninth undid the injury earlier than birdies on the twelfth and 14th propelled her into the lead.
“I struggled a little bit bit originally, so it tells me I can actually come again from it,” Kupcho stated, in response to ESPN. “I’ve all the time identified I am a back-nine participant and that positively got here into impact right this moment.”
Taking part in in a bunch forward of the American pair, Maguire surged into rivalry, carding 65 in her remaining spherical to shut the seven-shot hole which had separated her from the in a single day lead.
She birdied the final gap to set the benchmark at 18 beneath par.
Korda additionally birdied the final gap whereas Kupcho settled for par after her drive discovered a bunker, leaving all three gamers tied on the high of the leaderboard forward of the playoff.
“In the event you informed me I believe three, 4 months in the past after I was within the ER that I’d be right here, I’d being extraordinarily completely happy.”
