The 24-year-old is the primary American to win the occasion since 2015.
Kupcho’s victory celebrations started when she leaped into Poppie’s Pond, as is custom, accompanied by her husband, caddy, and cheers from the group. The custom was began by Amy Alcott in 1983 and has been noticed by each winner since.
“It is surreal,” Kupcho stated, in accordance with ESPN. “To be a serious winner is actually particular and to be the final particular person right here at Mission Hills to leap into Poppie’s Pond, it is all actually particular.”
Subsequent 12 months, the event is shifting from the Mission Hills Nation Membership to Houston underneath a cope with present sponsors, Chevron.
“To simply be capable of [win] rapidly after my marriage ceremony and be capable of rejoice with my husband and have him right here, it is actually particular,” Kupcho continued. “I did not see him coming throughout the bridge. He picked me up. I do not assume he is ever picked me up, in order that was fairly cool.”
Previous to Sunday, Kupcho’s most notable win got here as an beginner, when she gained the inaugural Augusta Nationwide Ladies’s Newbie in 2019.
Regardless of her relative inexperience, it was a near-complete efficiency from the 53rd ranked participant, who had shared an early lead with Minjee Lee following the opening spherical.
Kupcho remained atop the leaderboard all through the weekend and took a six-stroke lead into the final spherical after carding an 8-under 64 within the third spherical for a tournament-record 16-under 200 complete.
Initially, Kupcho prolonged this benefit in the course of the last spherical, getting birdies on the fourth and fifth holes, earlier than enjoying the final 13 holes in 4-over to card a 2-over 74 last spherical and end the event 14-under.
