Chevron Championship: English newbie Lottie Woad impresses once more as Nelly Korda pushes for document | Golf Information

English newbie Lottie Woad impressed once more throughout spherical two of the Chevron Championship in Texas as Nelly Korda continued her push for a fifth straight victory and second main of her profession.

Woad – the winner of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur earlier this month – adopted a one-under opening spherical with a three-under Friday to sit down on four-under for the match, simply three strokes behind clubhouse chief Korda.

The 20-year-old has comfortably made the reduce and could have even grander objectives for the weekend as the sphere look to stop Korda from equalling LPGA Tour historical past.

Korda will match Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2005) if she claims her fifth straight match win and is well-placed at Carlton Woods after a three-under 69 lifted her to seven beneath.

“It is undoubtedly been a whirlwind,” mentioned Woad. “I did not actually have an opportunity to let Augusta sink in, coming right here straightaway.

“I clearly took loads of confidence from Augusta, so I’m simply attempting to make use of that for this week.

“My purpose was to make the weekend. I am in place now so I’m simply going to maintain attempting to maneuver up. I am simply going to make use of that have I had taking part in in entrance of individuals on the massive phases.

“I’ll see how shut I can get and preserve attempting to contend. I simply need to proceed how I am taking part in and if I may be across the lead on Sunday, that might be fairly cool.”

Korda rebounds from stunning begin to prime leaderboard

World No 1 Korda started her spherical awfully with a double bogey however then proceeded to birdie two of her subsequent three holes earlier than following a bogey at seven with back-to-back beneficial properties at eight and 9.

Korda went on to safe two extra birdies on her again 9 to maneuver prime of the leaderboard, as she seems to be so as to add the Chevron title to her triumph on the 2021 Girls’s PGA Championship.

She mentioned afterwards: “Ensuring I do not get too down on myself is actually essential throughout a serious. It takes loads of endurance to win.

“The individual that makes the least quantity of errors or recovers one of the best from their errors often finally ends up profitable.”

On a packed leaderboard – albeit one shorn of defending champion and world No 2 Lilia Through after she withdrew on account of a again damage forward of the primary spherical – England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff is within the combine on 4 beneath after a two-under 70 on Friday, with compatriot Georgia Corridor at one beneath.

Corridor shot a one-over 73 on the day throughout an eventful spherical as she blended 5 birdies with 4 bogeys and a double bogey.

Charley Hull, at one over for the match, can be set to make the weekend after bettering her rating by a stroke following a one-under 71 on Friday, with the spotlight an eagle on the par-five eighth.

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