Nelly Korda returned to the mountaintop Sunday in Houston by going wire to wire for her second Chevron Championship title in three years and regaining the World No. 1 rating within the course of.
Korda shot a tidy 2-under-par 70 within the remaining spherical at Memorial Park Golf Course and gained the season’s first main by a cushty five-shot margin. She opened with consecutive 65s to take a six-shot benefit into the weekend earlier than ending the job at 18-under 270.
Ruoning Yin of China posted a 69 and Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit shot a 70 to accept a tie for second at 13 beneath.
It’s Korda’s third profession main title (2021 Ladies’s PGA Championship, 2024 Chevron), tying her with contemporaries Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Minjee Lee of Australia, Anna Nordqvist of Sweden and In-gee Chun of South Korea in addition to Corridor of Famer Nancy Lopez.
Korda, 27, additionally wrestled again the No. 1 spot within the Rolex Rankings from Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul, who missed the minimize in Houston. Korda had been No. 2 behind Thitikul since final August’s Ladies’s Open.
She additionally continued an indomitable begin to the 2026 season: two victories and three second-place finishes in 5 begins.
Korda started the fourth spherical with a five-shot cushion and birdied the primary and third holes, each par-5s, to achieve 18 beneath for the match. From there it was all pars till a bogey at No. 12, which she chased with back-to-back birdies that eliminated any doubt.
China’s Yan Liu (67) and South Korea’s Ina Yoon (68) tied for fourth at 12 beneath. Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea, who has gained two tournaments this season, completed a distant sixth place at 7 beneath following a 69 as solely a choose few golfers went double-digits beneath par on the first-time main championship venue.
–Discipline Stage Media
