Stark, meanwhile, was celebrating her breakthrough major triumph and her first title on American soil thanks to her composed two-shot win over Nelly Korda and Rio Takeda at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. The 25-year-old Swede gave European golf a huge fillip on Sunday by winning America’s national championship, resisting the chasing pack on a tense...
Maja Stark claimed her first major title with a two-shot victory at the US Women’s Open to become the third Swede to lift the trophy. Stark, the first Swedish winner since Annika Sorenstam won her third title in 2006, held off the challenge of world number one Nelly Korda of the United States and Japan’s...
The Swede leads Spain’s Julia Lopez Ramirez, who climbed to second in the leaderboard after producing a round-of-the-day 68. The pair will be last out to start their final round, at 19:10 BST on Sunday. Japanese trio Mao Saigo, Hinako Shibuno and Rio Takeda are all tied on five under in third place. Successive bogeys...