Nelly Korda is able to benefit from the stress as she resumes her bid to win a primary US Ladies’s Open title in Wisconsin this week.
The world No 1, who’s but to win on the LPGA Tour to this point this season, missed the minimize within the main final 12 months, together with her finest efficiency coming in 2022 when she completed tied-eighth.
Yuka Saso returns as defending US Ladies’s Open champion this week after her three-shot victory over Hinako Shibuno in final 12 months’s event.
“I don’t try and think about it,” mentioned Korda of the stress to discover a breakthrough.
“Undoubtedly once you’re a higher-ranked participant otherwise you’re extra standard there may be extra stress on you simply from the surface perspective in terms of media, followers popping out to look at you play.
“If you want to feel it, you will feel it, but I think what’s really important is just kind of sticking to your game plan and being really focused on what you’re doing present time, and that’s really helped me.”
The 26-year-old had gained six of her final seven occasions on the time of coming into the US Ladies’s Open final 12 months, earlier than producing an opening-round 80 on her solution to lacking the weekend at Lancaster Nation Membership.
This 12 months she is coming off a tied-fifth end on the Mizuho Americas Open, whereas additionally main the LPGA with a mean rating of 68.88 regardless of her winless begin to the 12 months.
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Highlights from spherical 4 of the 2023 US Ladies’s Open at Pebble Seaside, the place Charley Hull was in rivalry
“I think the more you’re put in under-pressure moments and the more you’re in contention, you learn more about yourself and how to handle those situations,” Korda mentioned.
“Every year something has tested me, and every year I learn a little bit more about myself and how to handle myself in some situations. So yeah, I think it’s all about putting yourself into that position.
“On the finish of the day, you are the one which put your self there, and it’s important to be grateful that you’re in that spot, and also you type of have to only take pleasure in even the stress.”
Korda has notably missed the cut in three of the last five years at the US Women’s Open, and is braced for another taste of what she believes is “the largest take a look at in golf”.
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Charley Hull talks about her dedication to recover from the road and land a primary main in 2025
“It definitely has tested me a lot,” she added. “I love it. At the end of the day, this is why we do what we do, is to play these golf courses in these conditions, to test our games in every aspect.”
Korda can be partnered by Charley Hull and Lexi Thompson in Thursday’s opening spherical as she seeks her breakthrough.
“It’s big,” mentioned Korda. “Some weeks it’s so much easier to be patient than others. It just depends on kind of the mindset and how you’re feeling mentally.
“But it surely performs a extremely large function. Typically you will get forward of your self, and as I’ve mentioned prior to now, staying within the second is basically, actually necessary for me.”
How can I watch live on Sky Sports?
Sky Sports has extended coverage from the US Women’s Open, with the live action getting under way at 5pm on Thursday on Sky Sports Mix and 11pm on Sky Sports Golf.
The same timings apply for the second round, before Saturday’s action is live from 6pm on Sky Sports Mix. Coverage of Sunday’s final round begins at 7pm on the same channel.
Daily one-hour highlights will be available on Sky Sports Golf.
Watch the US Women’s Open stay on Sky Sports activities from 5pm on Thursday. Get Sky Sports activities or stream no contract on NOW.
