Kupcho hung on through a nervy back nine Sunday to win the Chevron Championship by two shots at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Kupcho entered Sunday with a six-stroke lead, and her two-over-par 74 in the final round was still enough to stay ahead of the pack. She posted a 14-under 274 for the week, two better than second-place Jessica Korda.
The victory at the first major of the LPGA season included a traditional leap into Poppie’s Pond near the 18th green, though hers will be the last such plunge. The event previously known as the Nabisco Dinah Shore, the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the ANA Inspiration will move to Houston next season, leaving its iconic home in the California desert.
Prior to Sunday, Kupcho’s most notable win came as an amateur, when she won the inaugural Au …
- April 4, 2022
