US Women’s Open 2024: Nelly Korda scores career-worst 80th to open play at major championship
As soon as Nelly Korda’s 2024 Women’s Open began, it was all over. The world No. 1 signed for a 10-over 80 to open play Thursday at Lancaster Country Club, the highest round of her LPGA career. As such, she played effectively to escape the championship.
The round marked Korda’s second straight 80 at the US Open as she finished last year’s championship at Pebble Beach with an 8-over 80. And it actually ended just a few holes into the start on Thursday. Year.
Korda’s day opened uneventfully with a bogey on her first hole, the par-4 10, and a par on the next hole. Then she walked to the tee on the tricky downhill par-3 12th and hit the ball long on the green. Initially, when he rounded the water hazard in front of the green, Korda might have thought that his hardest shot into the hole would not be successful, but it was just the beginning.
Her second from the bunker behind the greenside found water on the other side of the front pin position and forced her out of an uncomfortable position. It was necessary to get back down to the front of the green but on the other side of the hazard, Korda blew his championship chances by hitting not one but two more balls into the water from the downhill line. Finally making his eighth shot on the green, Korda birdied his 10th par.
“Honestly, there weren’t a lot of positive thoughts,” Korda said. “Honestly, I didn’t play well today. I didn’t hit it well. I found myself struggling a lot. Hitting 10 on a par-3 certainly won’t help you in the US Open. I started Very bad in the beginning but pretty good on defense. But overall, just a bad day at the office.”
The rest of Korda’s round was in line with what the rest of the field was doing as she moved to a 10-over 45 after making a few more bogeys on her outside half. A final birdie on the par-4 3rd hole gave her a 9 for the day before a messy finish that included two bogeys, two birdies and a final bogey on the par-4 9th gave her score 10 out of 80.
“Yeah, I didn’t really want to shoot 80 and I just kept making mistakes,” Korda said. “My last two rounds at the US Women’s Open weren’t good. I finished Sunday at Pebble. I thought I shot 81, and then today I shot 80. I’m human. I There will be bad days. I’ve played some real games.” Solid golf so far. Today is a bad day. That’s all I can say.”
Korda’s seventh win of the season and third major championship won’t come this weekend, but neither will her presence unless something drastic happens in round two . With a top 60 and a tie at the halfway mark, Korda could claim a moral victory if she somehow makes it to that magic number.
