The LPGA’s third main championship, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, is midway over. Sahalee Country Club confirmed its enamel by the primary two days.
After Friday’s spherical, half the sector went residence, and amongst these was World No. 1 Nelly Korda.
Korda won’t play on the weekend for the second main championship and the third straight week. She began the season with 5 consecutive wins and earned her sixth on the Mizuho’s Americas Open.
Since that victory, although, issues haven’t gone her approach. To miss the minimize, Korda shot an 80-70 on the U.S. Women’s Open. This week, she tallied 69-81, her highest skilled profession rating.
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It was not day for the top-ranked participant on the earth, particularly after a robust begin to the week on Day 1. Korda began her day by making 5 bogeys in six of her first holes. She added two extra bogeys on the ninth, eleventh and 14th earlier than a double bogey on the par-4 fifteenth fully derailed her.
Korda did add one birdie to the cardboard on the par-5 18th, however it was too late.
She will not be the one one headed residence early. Other notable names who missed the cut on the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship embody Anna Nordqvist, Alexa Pano, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Robyn Choi, Nasa Hataoka, Andrea Lee, Danielle Kang, Sophia Popov, Carlota Ciganda, Gemma Dryburgh, Stacy Lewis, and Brittany Lincicome.
Sahalee gave these girls fairly the take a look at, and so they had been despatched residence after 36 holes.
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