Nelly Korda on cusp of third LPGA major title, leads by 5 at Chevron Championship
A victory would move Korda back to No. 1 in the world.
HOUSTON – As Nelly Korda opened up an eight-shot lead at the Chevron Championship , the Houston fire department was trying to break into the pro shop to check out what apparently turned out to be a false alarm. Needless to say, things got heated at Memorial Park on Saturday, where fans came out to see if anyone could rise up to challenge Korda. After four birdies on the front side, Korda cooled down, playing the last 12 holes in 2 over.
By day's end, she'd shot 2-under 70 to get to 16 under, still good enough for a five-shot lead, the largest 54-hole lead of her LPGA career. Korda is the first player to lead the Chevron by multiple strokes after each of the first three rounds since Lorena Ochoa 20 years ago. A victory on Sunday would give Korda 17 LPGA victories and three majors titles.
It would also give her 22 of the 27 points needed to enter the LPGA Hall of Fame. "I played really solid on the front and then just kind of – not may have lost concentration," said Korda, "but the wind started picking up and then I just put myself into, I mean, I put myself into great positions; didn't kind of execute really well. " Korda hit 16 greens, the most this week, and took 32 putts, up from 24 and 27 in the first two rounds.
Nelly Korda keeps it consistent. She holds the lead for the third day straight 👊 pic. twitter.