Chevron Championship Round 2
-14 N Korda (USA); -8 P Tawatanakit (Tha); -7 F O’Keefe (USA), R O’Toole (USA), I Yoon (South Korea); -6 Y Liu (Chinese); -5 P Bouchard (France), M Stark (Sweden), M Khang (USA), T Suwannapura (Thailand)
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Selected Others: -2 C Hull (England); Second HJ Kim (South Korea), L Thompson (USA), M Yamashita (Japan), M Saigo (Japan), H Green (Australia); +1 L Woad (England), B Henderson (Canada); +2 M Lee (Australia)
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Nelly Korda continued her good start at the Chevron Championship, taking a commanding lead in the first women’s Grand Slam match of the year.
The world No. 2 shot a 7-under 65 for a second day in a row to take a six-stroke advantage after the second round at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston.
The American had five of eight birdies on the back nine on Friday to reach 14 under, with Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit shooting a bogey-free 69 to finish second.
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Korda, 27, is aiming for her third Grand Slam title and first since winning the event in 2024.
“I feel really good,” she said. “I hit where I wanted to hit and missed where I wanted to hit.”
American amateur Farrah O’Keefe also shot a bogey-free 69 to improve to 7 under par, tied for third place with compatriot Ryan O’Toole and South Korea’s Ina Yoon.
Korda started the new year in good form, winning the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacation Club Championship and finishing second for the third time in a row.
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She won the event at Carlton Woods Club in Houston in 2024, while Tawatanakit, 26, won in California in 2021 when the event was named the ANA Inspiration.
“Chasing, leading, whatever – I feel like I’m just happy to have the opportunity to be a part of it,” said the world No. 66.
Her compatriot Gino Titicul will not compete this weekend as the world number one bogeyed two of her last five holes to miss the cut by one shot.
England’s Mimi Rhodes also missed the tournament after shooting a 6-over 78 in a 3-under round on Thursday, with three bogeys and a double bogey in the final five holes.
