Nelly Korda has been pressured to accept a five-shot lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the Chevron Championship, the biggest 54-hole lead of her profession.
The American’s rating of 16-under-par 200 tied the match file set by Jennifer Kupcho in 2022, the final 12 months the most important was at Mission Hills within the California desert.
Korda had stretched her result in eight pictures till she missed a collection of brief putts that stopped her from bettering on her six-stroke lead on the midway mark of the primary ladies’s golf main of the 12 months.
However the work will not be over for the world quantity two, who appeared near unbeatable for a lot of her spherical of 2-under 70 with one other clinic controlling her irons on the closely sloped greens of Memorial Park, whilst her opponents did simply sufficient to remain in vary.
Australians on the Chevron Championship
T20: Cassie Porter — 3-under (70-72-71)T29: Hannah Inexperienced — 2-under (73-71-70)T54: Minjee Lee — 1-over (74-72-71)T54: Karis Davidson — 1-over (71-72-74)CUT: Robyn Choi, Gabi Ruffels, Grace Kim, Stephanie Kyriacou
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“I performed actually stable on the entrance after which simply sort of … not could have misplaced focus, however the wind began choosing up after which I simply put myself into nice positions [and] did not sort of execute very well,” Korda mentioned.
The warmth and humidity additionally took a toll, and Korda typically walked the fairways with an umbrella to defend her from the Solar.
Patty Tavatanakit, who went 48 holes with no bogey earlier than making one on the thirteenth, bounced again with a pair of birdies during the last 5 holes for a 69 to get inside 5 pictures.
Cassie Porter leads the Australian cost, however is 13 pictures behind the chief. (Getty Photos: Sarah Stier)
It was a exceptional scrambling efficiency for Tavatanakit, who gained this main as a rookie in 2021.
Ruoning Yin of China, a Girls’s PGA champion and former world primary, shot 66 and was six pictures behind, together with Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of France, who had a 67.
Cassie Porter is one of the best of the 4 Australians, nonetheless nicely again in a tie for twentieth on 3-under.
Fifth-ranked Hannah Inexperienced shot a 70 for her finest spherical of the match up to now to maneuver to 2-under in a tie for twenty ninth, whereas Minjee Lee (71) and Karis Davidson (74) are each 1-over heading into the ultimate day’s play.
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