Nelly Korda wins US Open ahead of Charley Hull to claim second consecutive major

• American survives close putt on final hole

• Korda claims $2.5m first prize for victory

• England’s Hull misses out on first major title

Nelly Korda won the US Women’s Open on Sunday for her second consecutive major victory, holding off Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez by one shot when her final putt curled perilously around the cup and dropped in.

Korda’s first US Open win is the fourth major victory of her career, and she claimed it with a steady two-under 69 in the final round – but only after her second putt on the 18th green – from a little over 2ft – caught the edge and toured half the circumference of the hole before falling.