Nelly Korda’s 71-week reign as World No. 1 ends after AIG Girls’s Open struggles
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Nelly Korda’s 71-week reign as World No. 1 ends after AIG Girls’s Open struggles

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Nelly Korda’s 71-week reign as World No. 1 has come to an finish after her T36 end on the AIG Girls’s Open 2025. She was overtaken by Atthaya “Jeeno” Thitikul, who carried out barely higher with a T30 end.

Korda entered her 71st week as World No. 1 at Royal Porthcawl, looking for her first win of the season. Nonetheless, over the 4 days, she shot 70, 72, 74, and 75, ending at 3-over, a whopping fourteen strokes behind the winner.

Final yr, Nelly Korda ascended to No. 1 within the rankings with a win on the FIR Hills Seri Pak Championship, her second victory of the season. She went on to win 5 extra titles in 2024, additional solidifying her place. Nonetheless, this yr has been fairly the distinction, as she failed to say a single title.

Earlier in February, Thitikul jumped to World No. 2 and persistently challenged Korda. She had a significantly better season with a win on the Mizuho Americas Open and PIF Saudi Worldwide.

For the uninitiated, the Thai star final held the No. 1 place in 2022, when she turned the second-youngest participant to attain this feat.

How a lot did Nelly Korda earn on the AIG Girls’s Open 2025?

The purse measurement of the AIG Girls’s Open 2025 was $9.5 million, and Nelly Korda bagged $57,632 for her T36 end. Winner Miyu Yamashita took house a paycheck of $1,462,500, whereas Minami Katsu and Charley Hull acquired $772,391 every for his or her joint runner-up end.

Here is a take a look at the purse measurement of the AIG Girls’s Open 2025:

  • WIN. Miyu Yamashita: $1,462,500
  • T2. Minami Katsu: $772,391
  • T2. Charley Hull: $772,391
  • T4. Rio Takeda: $452,217
  • T4. A Lim Kim: $452,217
  • T6. Wei-Ling Hsu: $302,157
  • T6. Megan Khang: $302,157
  • T8. Paula Martin Sampedro (a): —
  • T8. Stephanie Kyriacou: $228,359
  • T8. Lottie Woad: $228,359
  • T11. Mao Saigo: $188,993
  • T11. Andrea Lee: $188,993
  • T13. Lauren Coughlin: $145,533
  • T13. Pajaree Anannarukarn: $145,533
  • T13. Minjee Lee: $145,533
  • T13. Sei Younger Kim: $145,533
  • T13. Hyo Joo Kim: $145,533
  • T13. Chiara Tamburlini: $145,533
  • T19. Linn Grant: $112,489
  • T19. Yan Liu: $112,489
  • T19. Mimi Rhodes: $112,489
  • T19. Georgia Corridor: $112,489
  • T23. Jin Hee Im: $91,298
  • T23. Celine Boutier: $91,298
  • T23. Haeran Ryu: $91,298
  • T23. Morgane Metraux: $91,298
  • T23. Esther Henseleit: $91,298
  • T23. Jenny Shin: $91,298
  • T23. Ariya Jutanugarn: $91,298
  • T30. Narin An: $74,358
  • T30. Jeeno Thitikul: $74,358
  • T30. Anna Nordqvist: $74,358
  • T33. Alexa Pano: $65,500
  • T33. Ayaka Furue: $65,500
  • T33. Nasa Hataoka: $65,500
  • T36. Lydia Ko: $57,632
  • T36. Nelly Korda: $57,632
  • T36. Sarah Schmelzel: $57,632