t-mobile match play: 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."

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.

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

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