Nelly Korda stumbled again in her first event since missing the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open
Nelly Korda stumbled again in her first event since missing the cut in the U.S. Women’s Open, dropping four strokes on the first three holes in a 4-over 76 at the windy Meijer LPGA Classic.
The top-ranked Korda was tied for 133rd in the 144-player field, 11 strokes behind leader Alison Lee at Blythefield Country Club.
Korda shot 80-70 — making a 10 on a hole in the first round — two weeks ago in the U.S. Women’s Open in Pennsylvania. She came into the Women’s Open with six victories in her previous seven tournaments, including a major that tied an LPGA Tour record for five wins in a row.
At Blythefield, where she won in 2021 at a tournament-record 25 under, Korda opened double bogey-bogey-bogey. Playing in the afternoon in a group with fellow past champions Brooke Henderson and Leona Maguire, Korda was even par the rest of the way, offsetting three bogeys with three birdies.
Lee shot 65. Winless on the tour, she eagled the par-5 eighth and had seven birdies and a bogey.
