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#USA's Nelly Korda wins gold in the women's #Golf at #Tokyo2020!
— Olympics (@Olympics) August 7, 2021
It's the nation's first women's title in Olympic golf since 1900!@igfgolf @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/UZExTOgb3G
AJGA alumna Nelly Korda won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women’s golf competition played at Kasumigaseki Country Club near Tokyo, Japan. Korda shot rounds of 67-62-69-69 for a tournament total of 17-under-par 267. She defeated Japan's Mone Inami and New Zealand's Lydia Ko by one stroke after sinking a par putt on No. 18.
Korda was a three-time Rolex Junior All-American who won two AJGA in 2015: The PING Invitational and the Yani Tseng Invitational presented by the Swinging Skirts.
After 7 years on Tour @alisonlee is waking up as a winner 😘🏆#RaiseOurGame | #BringTheEnergy pic.twitter.com/l7X5FocyOc
— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) August 8, 2021
AJGA alumna and tournament host Alison Lee earned her first professional victory in the individual competition at the Ladies European Tour's Aramco Team Series Sotogrande in Spain. She won the tournament by five strokes at 15-under-par 201.
Lee had an exceptional junior golf career. She was the 2013 Rolex Junior Player of the Year and a six-time Rolex Junior All-American. She won nine AJGA tournaments in her career and has paid it forward by hosting her own tournament with Under Armour® since 2016. Her first professional win actually came just four days after this year's Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship concluded.
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In Lake Tahoe, you’d find a True Temper shaft in 86% of professional golf bags at the @CudaChamp 🏌️ ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/Krqtp0gakS
— True Temper Golf (@truetempergolf) August 8, 2021
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— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 9, 2021
Happy #NationalBookLoversDay#BoVanPeltJr pic.twitter.com/FtqFKfp0Yk
.@NellyKorda is golden 🥇
— AJGA (@AJGAGolf) August 7, 2021
Congrats on winning the @Olympics Gold Medal! pic.twitter.com/3scyKWlkOb
Thank you, Tokyo. 🇯🇵#Olympics pic.twitter.com/3kZnp9mzCc
— LPGA (@LPGA) August 9, 2021