Nelly Korda had nothing going for her early on Sunday at The ANNIKA. She made three bogies on the front nine and made the turn at 9-under par, trailing Englishwoman Charley Hull by a pair. Something seemed off with Korda’s game, and a victory also seemed far out of reach.
And then she proved why she is the best player on the planet.
Korda rattled off five straight birdies on the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th holes to soar past Hull and all the other contenders, which included Linn Grant, Weiwei Zhang, and young phenom Rose Zhang. She hit tantalizing approaches on the par-3 12th and the par-3
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