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US Women's Open Champ Epic Reaction to Learning She Won $2.4 Million
US Women's Open Champ Epic Reaction to Learning She Won $2.4 Million

Newsweek

timea day ago

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US Women's Open Champ Epic Reaction to Learning She Won $2.4 Million

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. It's too early to tell if her victory in the 2025 U.S. Women's Open will be the pinnacle of Maja Stark's career, considering that, at 25 years old, the Swedish star already has an impressive résumé. What is certain, however, is that the paycheck she earned at Erin Hills will be hard to beat. Stark earned $2.4 million, making her first major title even more interesting. Paradoxically, the newly crowned US Women's Open winner had no idea that it was such an extraordinary sum. "I didn't even know that," Stark said, looking almost in disbelief. Maja Stark of Sweden poses with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the final round of the U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally 2025 at Erin Hills Golf Course on June 01, 2025 in... Maja Stark of Sweden poses with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the final round of the U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally 2025 at Erin Hills Golf Course on June 01, 2025 in Erin, Wisconsin. MoreStark didn't seem to have much more clarity about how to use her new financial status. "Maybe move out of my studio apartment can be one thing," she said while laughing. Jokes aside, however, her response proved her to be both humble and responsible. "I don't know. I'm very happy with what I have in my life right now. I think just having the security for the future, I think I'll just be very happy about that." Maja Stark won $2.4 million for her U.S. Women's Open victory. How's she using it? To move out of her studio apartment. 😂 — Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) June 2, 2025 The six-time Ladies European Tour winner won at Erin Hills with a score of 7-under, carding rounds of 70, 69, 70, and 72. Stark entered the final round in the lead but had to fend off several players, including World No. 1 Nelly Korda. "I just didn't want to get ahead of myself," said Stark about her mindset when facing Korda's surge in the final round. "I thought, 'there's still a lot of golf left to be played'. I just felt like, 'people are going to pass me, probably', and I just had to stay calm through that." The Swede managed to hold on to her position, while Korda fell short in her attempt to win the title. However, Stark's nerves got the best of her at the end when she bogeyed the last two holes. "I didn't look at the leaderboards until I was on, like, 17. I caught a glimpse of it. It was nice. I wasn't as nervous as I thought that I would be because it felt like I have somewhat control of my game and I kind of know what's going on." "Then obviously with the pressure and everything, your mistakes get bigger, but it felt like I could just like control anything that was thrown at me really today." Stark is the fifth Swedish player to win a major championship and the first since Anna Nordqvist won the AIG Women's Open in 2021. More Golf: The Memorial: Ben Griffin hit with 6-word message from Scottie Scheffler

Scheffler and Stark evoke memories of legends
Scheffler and Stark evoke memories of legends

BBC News

time2 days ago

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Scheffler and Stark evoke memories of legends

Big wins for Scottie Scheffler and Maja Stark are evoking memories of legends of the sport with the quality of the performances and their historical triumph in the Women's US Open was the first by a European in the female game's most prestigious tournament since Annika Sorenstam won it for the third time in successful defence of the Memorial event in Ohio came under the watchful eye of the legendary Jack Nicklaus, with the world number one's burgeoning body of work also continuing to earn parallels with another great, Tiger was the 28-year-old's 16th PGA Tour victory, coming hot on the heels of his third major at last month's US PGA at Quail Hollow. It has taken Scheffler only three years and three months to go from one to 16 took two months fewer to reach the same milestone and the gap between Woods' first tour win and his 16th was three years, three months and three days. Sam Snead was the quickest, taking just two-and-a-half are titans of golf that Scheffler's form rates alongside. "He's a great player," Nicklaus said last Sunday after his tournament was won by the Texan by four shots."Look at the record that he has had the last few years. It's unbelievable." Scheffler playing better than I played - Nicklaus Having converted nine straight 54-hole leads into trophies, Scheffler is the first to win consecutive Memorial titles since Woods won three in a row at the turn of the do not forget he won nine times last season, including the Masters and the Paris Olympics. The Texan's start to 2025 was disrupted by a freak hand injury after he sustained a nasty cut while preparing a Christmas since returning to top form he has won the Byron Nelson by eight shots, commandingly claimed the Wanamaker Trophy in North Carolina and now this trophy defence at Jack's place - Muirfield Village, which tests every aspect of a golfer's game."He reminds me so much of the way I liked to play," said Nicklaus, the winner of a record 18 major titles. "I don't think I played nearly as well as he played."He's playing better than I played, and more consistent. He's just been playing fantastic, and I love watching him play. Any time he's playing, I want to watch."According to Data Golf, which crunches the numbers across all tours, Scheffler gains strokes in every aspect of the game and particularly excels with unerring approach the official golf rankings do not recognise the breakaway LIV tour, Data Golf includes performances in that 54-hole format. Behind Scheffler and Masters winner Rory McIlroy, on Data Golf's rankings sit LIV stars Bryson DeChambeau and Jon that is the only caveat to Scheffler's PGA Tour supremacy, because we can only see him pit his skills against those two leading performers at the said, he left reigning US Open champion DeChambeau and Spaniard Rahm disappearing in his wing mirrors at last month's US made a telling analysis of the players who trailed in Scheffler's wake last week. "Ben Griffin's a nice player, Sepp Straka is a nice player, Nick Taylor is a nice player," the 85-year-old said."Those were all the guys that were there basically coming down the stretch. But he [Scheffler] knows that those guys are not in his league. He has the ability to bring his level to whatever level it needs to be." Stark celebrates first major Stark, meanwhile, was celebrating her breakthrough major triumph and her first title on American soil thanks to her composed two-shot win over Nelly Korda and Rio Takeda at Erin Hills in 25-year-old Swede gave European golf a huge fillip on Sunday by winning America's national championship, resisting the chasing pack on a tense final day."I wasn't as nervous as I thought that I would be," Stark revealed. "It felt like I had somewhat control of my game and I kind of know what's going on."With the pressure, your mistakes get bigger but it felt like I could just like control anything that was thrown at me."Stark's short-range putting withstood intense pressure to add to her six Ladies European Tour wins and join fellow Swedes Sorenstam and Liselotte Neumann as a US Open winner."It's so cool," said the new champion. "They texted me and just kind of said, 'bring it home'."That was already cool to just get those texts. Just looking at all the names on the trophy. I love the US Open. I'm so happy that it's mine now."Erin Hills - particularly at the weekend, when the greens played significantly firmer and faster - was a formidable and typical US Open test, more so than when Brooks Koepka won the men's title there in St Andrews, the home of last year's AIG Women's Open, the course was played as intended because the golfers were having to hit longer clubs to small targets with unforgiving run-off on the downside, the course is remote and wide open, which made the galleries appear unflatteringly sparse. This was not a good look for the women's game and the players deserve better final pair of Stark and rookie Julia Lopez Ramirez lost a hole on the group in front which highlighted the problem of glacial pace of play and again detracted from the Stark can celebrate a hugely significant victory which might inspire European Solheim Cup team-mates such as compatriot Linn Grant and Britain's Charley Hull in the three remaining majors of the further ahead, England's Lottie Woad reaffirmed her huge potential by comfortably making the cut and taking the amateur honours, finishing in a share of 31st.

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