Nelly Korda left Lancaster Nation Membership sooner than anticipated, however not with out letting the par-3 12th know precisely how she felt.
A 10 on the 12th gap Thursday – her third gap of the championship – shortly dashed her U.S. Ladies’s Open hopes and she or he by no means recovered, following her opening 80 with a second-round 70 to overlook the reduce.
Friday, as she was combating to stay round for the weekend, Korda hit her tee shot on the 155-yard gap quick. It rolled again beneath the hazard line however stayed dry. She pitched to twenty toes after which nonchalantly walked within the par save.
As she exited the inexperienced, Korda unfold her arms to acknowledge the outlet and, with a smile, appeared to say one thing a bit extra NSFW than, “thanks.”
Completely love this “tribute” to no. 12 by Korda after she saves par. I’ve been there. (Apart from ever making par.) pic.twitter.com/f9BU5uLsyV
— Shane Ryan (Reliable) (@ShaneRyanHere) Could 31, 2024
“It’s positively not one in every of my favourite holes,” she mentioned after her spherical. “I truly hit my iron shot actually unhealthy. I hit it chunky, and fortunately it held up.
“I truly thought I missed the putt, and the golf gods type of made it go to the left, and I made it. It was good to make a par. I wished to make a birdie to get my revenge on that gap, however par will do.”
With the reduce line hovering round 7 over, Korda was plus-8 following three consecutive birdies at Nos. 6-8. She then bogeyed the ninth and performed the again 9 in 1 over. Korda completed at 10 over par, two outdoors the ultimate reduce.
After her spherical, the world’s No. 1 answered three questions from the media, saying, “I wasn’t hitting my pictures effectively off the tee. I actually struggled off the tee this week. Simply wasn’t getting it shut. Nearly all of my holes, I used to be saving pars. It was type of powerful out right here attempting to get into the reduce line.”
The stats advised an identical story. Korda hit solely 13 of 28 fairways by two rounds and 20 of 36 greens in regulation. She was 132nd within the 156-player discipline in strokes gained: off the tee, 128th in strokes gained: tee to inexperienced and 150th in strokes gained: across the inexperienced.
Korda entered the championship having received the season’s first main, the Chevron Championship, as a part of six tour titles in eight 2024 begins.
Whereas she’s been above and past her friends this 12 months, she had loads of firm in her distress this week. Becoming a member of her with a missed reduce had been: Linn Grant (+9), Leona Maguire (+10), Rose Zhang (+11), Brooke Henderson (+12), defending champion Allisen Corpuz (+12), Lexi Thompson (+13) and Lydia Ko (+13).
