Defending champion Nelly Korda drops major T-Mobile Match Play update

Nelly Korda has confirmed that she will return to the T-Mobile Match Play to defend her title from last year. After her participation was announced, she took to Instagram to confirm it by reposting the story.

Nelly Korda is a 15-time winner on the LPGA Tour with seven of those victories coming last year. This included her triumph at the T-Mobile Match Play, where she secured a 4 & 3 win over Leona Maguire to claim her fourth title of the season.

On Friday, March 8, the official T-Mobile Match Play page announced Korda's participation in this year's edition via Instagram. Besides, Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson were also confirmed for the event.

Korda also reposted the T-Mobile's story that read,

"Love to see magenta on the green again."

image via instagram@nellykorda

The T-Mobile Match Play will take place from April 2 to 6 at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be the fifth edition of the tournament and will feature a star-studded field. So far, Jeeno Thitikul, Ruoning Yin, Lilia Vu, Angel Yin, Yealimi Noh, Allisen Corpuz, Rose Zhang, Lauren Coughlin, Megan Khang and Jennifer Kupcho have confirmed their participation.

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A look back at Nelly Korda's T-Mobile Match Play 2024 win

The T-Mobile Match Play 2024 was played in stroke-play format for the first three rounds before the top eight competed in match play on Sunday. Leona Maguire stormed into the final eight with a three-stroke lead, while Nelly Korda had a tough time qualifying after shooting 73 in the first two rounds before making a 69 in the third.

But in the final, Korda was a different beast and won four of the first seven holes to comfortably beat Maguire 4 and 3 at Shadow Creek. This was her fourth straight win on the LPGA Tour in as many starts.

Here's a look at the leaderboard for the T-Mobile Match Play 2024:

• 1. Nelly Korda
• 2. Leona Maguire
• T3. Narin An
• T3. Sei Young Kim
• T5. Minami Katsu
• T5. Moriya Jutanugarn
• T5. Angel Yin
• T5. Rose Zhang
• T9. Brooke M. Henderson
• T9. Haeran Ryu
• T9. Yuka Saso
• T12. Ally Ewing
• T12. Nanna Koerstz Madsen
• T12. Mone Inami
• T15. Anna Nordqvist
• T15. Jennifer Kupcho
• T15. Minjee Lee
• T18. Lydia Ko
• T18. Ayaka Furue
• T18. Marina Alex
• T18. Hye-Jin Choi
• T18. Jodi Ewart Shadoff
• T18. Caroline Masson
• T18. Stephanie Kyriacou
• T25. Linn Grant
• T25. Andrea Lee
• T25. Stephanie Meadow
• T28. Stacy Lewis
• T28. In Gee Chun
• T28. Gabriela Ruffels
• 31. Albane Valenzuela
• T32. Carlota Ciganda
• T32. Emily Kristine Pedersen
• T32. Madelene Sagstrom
• T32. Lindsey Weaver-Wright
• T32. Lauren Coughlin
• T32. Ariya Jutanugarn
• T32. Paula Reto
• T32. Megan Khang
• T40. Yu Liu
• T40. Allisen Corpuz
• T40. Kristen Gillman
• T40. Elizabeth Szokol
• T40. Maja Stark
• T40. Yan Liu
• T40. Jiwon Jeon