After 14 missed cuts, this 2024 LPGA winner found something on the greens in Asia

Bailey Tardy won her first LPGA title this play but was successful threat of not qualifying for nan season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. It’s been a unsmooth roadworthy for Tardy since she collapsed done astatine nan 2024 Blue Bay LPGA backmost successful March.

But that’s opening to change.

Georgia’s Tardy carded a final-round 65, her champion information since nan Blue Bay, to decorativeness successful a stock of 4th astatine nan Maybank Championship successful Malaysia. The 28-year-old suffered 13 missed cuts and a withdrawal aft that victory.

“I putted really good today,” said Tardy of her turnaround connected nan greens. “I’ve been struggling pinch that each twelvemonth and truthful really nan past 3 weeks my putting has been coming together, truthful beautiful proud of that.”

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Tardy classed 16th successful nan section successful putting erstwhile she won nan Blue Bay and past classed 100th successful her adjacent event. The inclination continued arsenic Tardy often classed extracurricular nan apical 100 successful nan section each week successful putts per greenish successful regulation. That began to move during nan Asian swing, wherever she was classed 30th successful putting successful Shanghai 2 weeks agone and 13th astatine nan Maybank.

She presently ranks 152nd successful putts per greens successful regularisation connected nan season.

As for nan CME, Tardy made awesome strides successful Malaysia. She jumped from 65th connected nan points database to 50th. The apical 60 players get successful nan field. The purse astatine nan Naples, Florida, arena will beryllium $11 million, pinch a record-setting $4 cardinal going to nan winner.

Tardy, who won’t play adjacent week successful Japan, leaves nan autumn Asian plaything trending successful a affirmative direction.

“I’m excited to spell location and spot my dog,” she said, “just beryllium home.”