This is the second straight year that the top players in scoring average aren’t eligible for the Vare Trophy because of failing to reach the minimum-round threshold, although the pandemic in 2020 understandable impacted how many events players could reasonably compete in.
There was always going to be something historic about this week’s Aramco Team Series-New York event at Glen Oaks Club on Long Island given it was the first Ladies European Tour event ever to be played in the United States. But the finish created its own novelty.
It was the sixth win of her LPGA career, and along with getting the Major monkey off her back at a young age, Korda will also rise to No.1 in the world for the first time.
The structure is not there this year, which will force longer hitters, at least, to decide between laying up short of the water or going for the green in two and running the risk of the ball reaching the penalty area.
Australian Golf Digest
