PHOENIX – Almost 9,000 miles from the Swedish city where she grew up, Anna Nordqvist couldn’t have felt more at home.
The former Arizona State Sun Devil won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in the shadow of the campus where she built so many college memories.
“It feels very, very special,” Nordqvist said. “I could only have dreamed of winning on what feels like home soil.”
In Sunday’s 96-degree heat, Nordqvist thrived. She was the hottest player in the Phoenix desert all week.
Closing with a 4-under-par 68, Nordqvist won comfortably, even with a bogey at the last.