The LPGA Pelican Women’s Championship concluded at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida on Sunday. The tournament was the penultimate event before the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, and Nelly Korda emerged victorious after a four-way playoff at the death. But not everyone was impressed with the proceedings in the final round. 

The final round at Pelican Golf Club went ahead with every player feeling the nerves. Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson were in the final pairing, and the leaders lost their step as the day drew to a conclusion. 

Korda triple-bogeyed the 17th, while Thompson made back-to-back bogeys on the final two holes of the day. But that wasn’t the problem for the general public. What disturbed them was the fact that the final round coverage was not as extensive as it should have been. 

The final round went beyond regulation and evolved into a four-way playoff between Korda, Thompson, Lydia Ko, and Sei Young Kim. While all this happened at the Pelican Golf Club, fans back home did not get a good piece of the action. 

LPGA Players and media personnel reacted to the coverage snub

43-year-old Angela Stanford was one of the first people to blow the whistle on social media about the quality of tournament coverage. While Stanford was expecting to watch the Pelican Championship playoff on her television, all that was streamed was Sunday Night football. 

Stanford made an Instagram post and a tweet showcasing her frustration, and she was joined by others too. Fellow LPGA Tour pro Brittany Lincicome joined in and expressed that the golfers deserved better. 

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Senior Golfweek writer Beth Ann Nichols was not too pleased with the fact that the live stream for the coverage was down during an important moment in the tournament. 

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Fans express outrage on Twitter 

Following these tweets by prominent personalities, a lot of Twitter users chimed in with their comments. Everyone voiced out in support of the LPGA players and how they deserve better coverage that was provided to them.

In the end, Korda kept her cool to triumph in the playoff. She birdied the 18th on the second playoff hole to take home the win and moved one step closer to being named LPGA Tour player of the year.

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