{"id":13912,"date":"2026-04-26T00:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13912"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:20:27","slug":"lpga-chevron-championship-nelly-korda-takes-five-shot-lead-into-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13912","title":{"rendered":"LPGA Chevron Championship: Nelly Korda takes five-shot lead into final day"},"content":{"rendered":"


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World number two Nelly Korda saw her lead at the LPGA Chevron Championship cut to five shots despite equalling the event’s 54-hole scoring record.<\/b><\/p>\n

After shooting two rounds of 65 on previous days, the 27-year-old American went round in 70 on Saturday to go 16 under par at Houston’s Memorial Park.<\/p>\n

If Korda can get over the line on Sunday and win a second Chevron title in three seasons, it would take her to the top of the world rankings after the current world number one, Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul, missed the cut.<\/p>\n

Korda got off to a fine start too, with four birdies on the opening six holes but failed to break par on any more holes as she lacked precision on the greens.<\/p>\n

“The front nine was great,” said Korda, who said she was going to spend time on the putting greens before Sunday’s final round of the first women’s major of 2026.<\/p>\n

“Just got to reset and hopefully it goes my way tomorrow,” she added.<\/p>\n

Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit hit a 69 so was able to claw back a shot and reduce Korda’s overnight six-stroke lead to five, despite a bogey on the 13th – her first of the tournament.<\/p>\n

She sits on 11 under heading into the final day.<\/p>\n

Pauline Bouchard of France is a further shot behind, alongside China’s Yin Ruoning, who scored a bogey-free 66, the joint-best round of the day.<\/p>\n

Korda’s 54-hole score of 200 put her level with record holder Jennifer Kupcho, who was the third-round leader on 200 in 2022 – she went on to win by two strokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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