U.S. Women's Open leaderboard: Final scores as Maja Stark claims first major title

U.S. Women's Open leaderboard: Check out the final scores from the second women's major of the year at Erin Hills where Sweden's Maja Stark defeated Nelly Korda.

Maja Stark
Maja Stark
U.S. Women's Open leaderboard: Final scores

1

Maja Stark

-7

2

Rio Takeda

-5

2

Nelly Korda

-5

4

Ruoning Yin

-4

4

Mao Saigo

-4

4

Hye-Jin Choi

-4

7

Hinako Shibuno

-3

7

Hailee Cooper

-3

9

Angel Yin

-2

9

Ariya Jutanugarn

-2

9

Linn Grant

-2

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Sweden's Maja Stark outlasted a 'heartbroken' Nelly Korda to claim her first major championship title at the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.

The Solheim Cup star vaulted to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday with a flurry of late birdies at Erin Hills. 

She began the final round with a one-shot lead and never left the top spot despite pressure from the chasing pack. 

Stark finished with back-to-back bogeys to card a level par 72 but it did not matter as a 7-under total gave her a two-shot win over the aforementioned Korda and Japan's Rio Takeda.

She becomes the first European winner of the U.S. Women's Open since LPGA hall of famer Annika Sorenstam in 2006. 
 
"I started shaking a little bit more than I did yesterday, so it was more of a challenge today for sure," Stark said in the immediate aftermath of victory. 
 
She began her round with four straight pars and drew an incredible break at the fifth when her tee shot seemed destined for the thick rough, only for her ball to somehow find the fairway. 
 
Stark stretched her lead to two strokes with a birdie at the par-3 sixth by rolling in a monster putt from 21 feet.
 
She immediately gave that stroke back and was clinging on to a one-shot lead before she rolled in a birdie putt at the 11th. 
 
At this point, Korda dropped a stroke at the 13th and although she immediately got it back at the next, she was unable to find any birdies down the stretch. 
 
Korda, carded a 1-under 71, later told reporters that she has a 'complicated' relationship with the major she has never won.
 
"It's an absolute heartbreaker," she said. "Hopefully I can build off this (by) putting myself in contention at a major and obviously just slipping short.
 
"[It] hurts a little, but I'm happy with the progress and hopefully I can continue like this."
 
Elsewhere, Hyejin Choi and Ruoning Yin shared fourth spot with Mao Saigo.
 
Saigo was chasing back-to-back major titles after her success at the Chevron Championship last month. 
 
England's Charley Hull ended in a share for 12th after dropping three shots over the last four holes of her final-round 71.

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