World No 1 Nelly Korda believes persistence would be the key to overcoming the “funky” problem posed by the venue for the Evian Championship.
Evian Resort Golf Membership is a picturesque course in a French spa city on the shores of Lake Geneva, however options small greens, severely undulating fairways and a par-three second located throughout a street from the remainder of the course.
Korda’s two main victories to this point have come within the Chevron Championship and KMPG Ladies’s PGA Championship, though she has completed eighth and ninth in her final two begins within the Evian Championship.
“I think the really big word this week is patience,” Korda stated. “You can hit a really good shot and get a really bad bounce, and you can hit a bad shot and get a really good bounce. So it’s really important to be patient out here this week.
“Undoubtedly took me a few years to type of determine it out. I feel a very powerful factor out right here is to not get too forward of your self and never get too annoyed with the dangerous bounces.
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“It’s definitely a different style of golf course. Ball is above your feet, the ball is below your feet, you’re playing a lot to the breaks of the contour of the greens, playing for bounces. It’s a fun, funky style of golf, but I think it’s cool to play as well.”
Korda gained six instances in seven begins earlier this season however has missed the lower in her final three occasions, together with two majors, and was compelled to withdraw from final week’s Aramco Group Collection occasion in Hemel Hempstead after being bitten by a canine.
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Highlights from the ultimate day of the Aramco Group Collection London from the Centurion Membership
The 25-year-old, who had been resulting from defend her title on the Centurion Membership, was reluctant to enter element concerning the incident, which befell in a espresso store in Seattle.
“Yeah, just I got bit in my leg. Just had to go through some medical things,” she stated.
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Requested if she was 100 per cent match, Korda added: “Yeah, getting better.”
The Evian Championship has been introduced ahead within the schedule to accommodate the Paris Olympics, the place Korda will defend the gold medal she gained in Tokyo in 2021.
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Korda shares her ideas forward of her Olympics debut in Paris and joked she is most enthusiastic about having a croissant!
“I’m so excited,” she stated. “Any time I get to represent my country it’s just such a really big honour. To get to do that at the Olympics is going to be an amazing experience again.
“It should be just a little unhappy not attending to go along with my sister (Jessica). I feel that is what was so particular about 2021, attending to share that have with Jess. However I am simply actually excited to characterize the USA on the Olympics once more.”
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