Nelly Korda implodes with career-worst score, drops 72 spots to miss cut at PGA
Nelly Korda missed. Again. And on Golf Channel, analyst Kay Cockerill laughed, in a shrug-your-shoulders, keep-the-golf-bag-in-the-closet kinda way. Said Cockerill: “Ohhhh noooo.”
Said Cockerill: “Well, how many edges, how many crazy bounces — I mean, it’s just like the golfing gods are stacked and ganging up against her.
Added all together, Korda shot a nine-over 81, her worst score as a professional, according to Golf Channel. It dropped her a whopping 72 spots on the leaderboard — she’d started the day in a tie for a second after an impressive opening-round 69, and she finished tied for 74th.
But to make the cut, she needed to finish a stroke better — though she did birdie her final hole. The world No. 1 will miss weekend play — and it continues an unsettling trend.
After winning the Chevron Championship earlier this year for her second major title, she’s now missed three straight cuts, which, according to golf-stats guru Justin Ray, is a career first for her.
