Brooke Henderson Blazes at Shadow Creek, Korda Survives at T-Mobile Match Play

Nelly Korda Survives – Match play is chaos. One bad hole can flip a match, one miracle shot can save your week, and a few missed putts can have you packing your bags before the weekend. Unless, of course, you’re Brooke Henderson, who apparently didn’t get the memo that match play is supposed to be stressful.

The Canadian star is steamrolling her way through Shadow Creek like it’s a Tuesday money match back home. Through two days of play, she’s needed just 27 holes — total. That’s back-to-back blowouts, capped off by a 5&4 win over Peiyun Chien on Thursday.

Henderson has now won 11 of her 27 holes played. That’s absurd. One more win and she punches her ticket to the knockout rounds, where we’d recommend everyone else bring a helmet and a first aid kit.

Meanwhile, world No. 1 Nelly Korda is navigating this thing like she’s on the last level of Mario Kart with a broken controller. She looked shaky down the stretch but did just enough to edge out Jennifer Kupcho 1-up. She’ll now need to beat Ariya Jutanugarn, who sits at 2-0, in a must-win matchup on Friday. If Jutanugarn halves it, she advances. No pressure, Nelly.

“Very questionable by me. Definitely don’t have my best stuff right now. That’s the greatest thing about match play — you have to grind it out.”

Also cooking? Lydia Ko, who hasn’t had to see the 15th tee all week. After getting thumped 6&4 in her opener, she turned around and dished out a 6&5 beatdown on Gabriela Ruffels. Everyone in her group sits at 1-1, so Friday’s matches are basically a free-for-all.

Hyo Joo Kim is quietly turning into a problem. After winning last week, she’s 2-0 and stormed back to beat Nanna Koertz Madsen by winning the final four holes. Kim now faces Maja Stark (also 2-0) in a winner-goes-through showdown.

Rose Zhang conceded after three holes due to a lingering neck issue, putting her Friday match against Meghan Khang in doubt. Depending on whether she tees it up, Albane Valenzuela could either be eliminated… or win the group. Welcome to match play, where the rules are made up and the outcomes are wild.

Even wilder? Jin Young Ko, already eliminated after 16 holes, fought back to halve her match — and in the process eliminated Leona Maguire. Savage.