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Nelly Korda has been compelled to accept a five-shot lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the Chevron Championship, the most important 54-hole lead of her profession.
The American’s rating of 16-under-par 200 tied the match file set by Jennifer Kupcho in 2022, the final yr the main was at Mission Hills within the California desert.
Korda had stretched her result in eight photographs till she missed a collection of quick putts that stopped her from bettering on her six-stroke lead at the halfway mark of the first women’s golf major of the year.
However the work shouldn’t be over for the world quantity two, who appeared near unbeatable for a lot of her spherical of 2-under 70 with one other clinic controlling her irons on the closely sloped greens of Memorial Park, at the same time as her rivals did simply sufficient to remain in vary.
“I performed actually stable on the entrance after which simply form of … not might have misplaced focus, however the wind began selecting up after which I simply put myself into nice positions [and] did not form of execute very well,” Korda stated.
The warmth and humidity additionally took a toll, and Korda typically walked the fairways with an umbrella to defend her from the Solar.
Patty Tavatanakit, who went 48 holes with no bogey earlier than making one on the thirteenth, bounced again with a pair of birdies over the past 5 holes for a 69 to get inside 5 photographs.
Cassie Porter leads the Australian cost, however is 13 photographs behind the chief. (Getty Photographs: Sarah Stier)
It was a exceptional scrambling efficiency for Tavatanakit, who received this main as a rookie in 2021.
Ruoning Yin of China, a Girls’s PGA champion and former world primary, shot 66 and was six photographs behind, together with Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of France, who had a 67.
Cassie Porter is the very best of the 4 Australians, nonetheless effectively again in a tie for twentieth on 3-under.
Fifth-ranked Hannah Inexperienced shot a 70 for her finest spherical of the match to date to maneuver to 2-under in a tie for twenty ninth, whereas Minjee Lee (71) and Karis Davidson (74) are each 1-over heading into the ultimate day’s play.
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