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How did World No. 1 Nelly Korda fare at the U.S. Women's Open on Day 3?
TOWN OF ERIN – A light rain had begun to fall as Nelly Korda pulled up a chair in the press conference tent following her second round of play at the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills on May 30, with her 36-hole score of 5-under putting her square in contention for her first national championship heading into the weekend. For two days her ball striking had been superb, and her putting came around on Day 2. Advertisement She hoped some relaxation, maybe some ping-pong, could keep her mind and her game sharp for a nearly 24-hour wait to begin Round 3 on May 31. But ultimately the world's best player, and two-time major champion, knew that each day is its own. 'It's golf,' she said after her second round. 'Sometimes you don't know what kind of player shows up.' For nine holes during the third round, she seemed prescient. Korda missed greens. She missed putts. A three-shot deficit behind 36-hole leader and playing partner Mao Saigo to begin the day drifted to five by the time the pair made the turn. Advertisement Korda bogeyed holes 2, 5, 7 and 9 for a front-nine 40, as she hit hit just five of nine greens. She also needed 18 putts to close out the first half of her round, sending her tumbling from a tie for second to a tie for 14th. But she didn't let the day, or the tournament slip away, even as the deficit swelled to six after 13 holes. Then the top player in the game re-emerged in the closing stretch. "It's just about having the right mindset," she said. "Like this week, it's like, OK, you're going to make kind of stupid mistakes, as well, because it's just a golf course where you may not hit it in the right spot and it'll go down 40 feet and you'll make -- instead of being almost tap-in range, now you have a 40-foot chip where it's running off the back, as well. You just know that your mentality is that you're going to make mistakes, but you can also bounce back here." After rattling off four straight pars to begin the back nine, Korda made consecutive birdies on Nos. 14 and 15 – the latter of which after she had driven the green on the reachable par 4 and needed just two putts to cover about 62 feet. Advertisement "I just needed, honestly, a putt to go in," she said. "I chipped one up close. It wasn't really the longestof putts, but at least some momentum, some positivity to turn it around, and then two-putted on the next hole with it being reachable which was actually not the easiest of putts. "But yeah, I was happy to kind of rally back on the back nine after having such a poor start." Nelly Korda misses a birdie out on the eighth hole during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open Satruday, May 31, 2025 at Erin Hills in the Town of Erin, Wisconsin. Korda closed with a birdie on the par 5, 18th, enjoying the reward of an 'ice cream swirl' finish of a putt that fell in from six feet. "It's just golf," she said of maintaining an even-keel. "I mean, I've done it enough where it's just – it's all about being patient. There's just so many ups and downs, and you just have to kind of stick with it. As crazy and as many times as I say it, it's literally one shot at a time. Anything can happen. It just takes one shot." Advertisement When the round was over, Korda had ceded position on the leaderboard, claiming the sixth spot at 4-under. She is just three shots off the lead, but five players will begin the day between her and her first U.S. Women's Open title. More: Meet Maja Stark, the leader of the 80th U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills after three rounds Korda has preached, and practice, patience all week. With the fourth and final round looming and the chase truly on, she'll lean into that and try to avoid pushing the gas. "Well, sometimes actually pressing has the reverse effect," she said. "Sometimes when you press too hard, you start to make more mistakes. So just staying in my own lane, focusing on myself, taking it a shot at a time, being very simple and present." Advertisement More: US Women's Open third-round recap from Erin Hills: Maja Stark leads heading into final round This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: How did World No. 1 Nelly Korda fare at the U.S. Women's Open on Day 3
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16-05-2025
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Hatton into share of second after hot start on day two at PGA Championship
Bryson hoping to step on the gas DeChambeau E (13:22 BST) Bryson DeChambeau is one of our earlier starters today, and will be looking to step on the gas after a level-par round of 71 on Thursday. Three birdies and three bogeys for the reigning US Open champion, who with his length off the tee should have a serious advantage at Quail Hollow.
