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Top form continues for Maja Stark.
The Swedish golf star finished second in the LPGA tour competition at the Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles and was awarded just over SEK 3.7 million in prize money.
The only one who was too difficult this time was the Australian Hannah Green. Green won the event at Wilshire Country Club last year as well.
24-year-olds Maja Starks runner-up finish follows last weekend’s runner-up finish at the Chevron Championship in Texas, which was her career-best major finish to date.
– I am very proud of my game. I got in a lot of good shots even though the nerves took over for a while. But I had the ability to come back and it felt good, says Stark and describes the whole thing as an exercise in patience.
Three strokes separated
Stark made five birdies in the closing round, four of them on the last six holes. Unfortunately, there were also two bogeys for Stark, who finished three shots behind Hannah Green.
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Madelene Sagström bested everyone in the final round, 65 strokes, and climbed into a tie for eighth place.
Already before the competition in Los Angeles, Maja Stark had climbed to 28th place in the world ranking, the best of all Swedes. The latest success will give Stark another big boost in the rankings – and brings her ever closer to one of the two Swedish Olympic places in Paris this summer.
Highly ranked
Maja Stark is fourth in the LPGA tour’s overall standings “Race to CME Globe”. Nelly Korda, who rested last week, leads in superior style after his five straight victories. Before Stark also exists Lydia Ko and Hannah Green.
In the money league, however, only Korda is ahead of Stark in the ranking. In a total of nine competitions, the star from Abbekås has earned more than twelve million kroner, almost all of which was recorded during the past month’s success, which began with a third place in Arizona.
Stark now has a competition-free week before she perks up again in New Jersey, May 9-12. The next major is the US Open, which is played at the turn of May–June.
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Born: December 10, 1999.
World Ranking: 28th (ahead of second place in Los Angeles).
Career: Made a success right away when she turned pro in 2021 and won right away on the European Tour. Won her only competition to date on the LPGA tour the following year and last year Stark made her debut on Europe’s Solheim Cup team.
This year’s achievements: Finished third in the LPGA event in Arizona at the end of March. The last two weeks have offered two second places, in the major Chevron Championship outside Houston and now in Los Angeles. There are many indications that Stark will take one of Sweden’s two Olympic places in Paris.
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