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GOLF:Korda wins back-to-back majors with perilous final putt

Nelly Korda has claimed a second consecutive major title, holding off Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez to triumph in the US Women's Open by one shot - but only after one last anxious moment.

Korda's first US Open win is the fourth major victory of her career, and she claimed it with a steady two-under 69 in the final round.

But it came after she had to watch her second putt for par from inside a metre on the 18th green catch the left edge and tour half the circumference of the hole before dropping.

World No.1 Korda put her hand over her open mouth in disbelief before finally laughing at her last shot.

She finished at eight-under 269 after sharing the lead with multiple competitors throughout the windy finale of the first Women's Open ever held at 100-year-old Riviera in Los Angeles.

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