Nelly Korda moved nearer to a 3rd main title because the world No 2 set the brand new 36-hole scoring report on the Chevron Championship to stretch her result in six strokes heading into the weekend.
Korda, who gained the Chevron two years in the past, moved 14 beneath after carding a second-straight 65, with no-one else within the area taking pictures higher than 67 throughout the primary two days.
The world No 2 birdied her remaining two holes to streak additional clear. She has made just one bogey by her opening two rounds at Memorial Park in Houston.
It marks the bottom 36-hole rating in her profession within the majors, and the third-best 36-hole rating in LPGA majors behind Jeongeun Lee6 (127), Brooke Henderson (128) and In Gee Chun (129), all on the Evian Championship, the match in France the LPGA selected to designate as a serious in 2013.
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Nelly Korda talks by her second spherical after breaking the 36-hole scoring report for Chevron Championship at -14.
Korda’s six-shot lead can be tied for the biggest 36-hole lead at an LPGA main championship since 1980 with Patty in Sheehan 1990 and In Gee Chun in 2022.
“I’m comfortable with my game,” Korda mentioned. “I believe the place I am essentially the most snug is unquestionably with my mindset of realizing once I mess up I will determine it out.
“Sometimes I think you get stuck in wanting to play well and wanting to be at the top always that you have this tension of not wanting to make a mistake.”
Korda holds a six-shot lead over Patty Tavatanakit, alone in second on eight beneath, whereas Ina Yoon, Ryan O’Toole and Farah O’Keefe, one in every of eight amateurs within the area, are one futher again in a share of third.
World No 1 Jeeno Thitikul might be a shock omission over the weekend after lacking the lower, following up her opening 74 with a 73 on Friday to complete three over.
LPGA rookie Mimi Rhodes, who had been in rivalry after a gap 69, additionally ended up lacking the lower after dropping 4 photographs over her remaining 5 holes to submit a six-over 78.
Fellow English hopefuls Charlie Hull and Lottie Woad have made the weekend at two beneath and one over, respectively, after rounds of 70 and 72 on Friday.
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