Nine very difficult holes, the first ones, and another nine in which the only thing he found was a birdie, They have almost ended Nelly Korda’s dream of becoming the first golfer in history to have six consecutive victories.
The world number 1 is separated by 11 strokes by the Swedish Madelene Sagstroma great hitter, and by 10 with the emerging compatriot Rose Zhang with one day left in the Cognizant Founders Cup, a tournament held in Clifton, New Jersey.
The youngest of the Korda sisters did not feel comfortable throughout the day, in which temperatures rose and the ball flew further. He made four bogeys and two birdies on the first nine holes, finished 1 over par on the par 5s, and overall had a poor game. “I’m human, I know I’m going to have bad days,” she acknowledged at the end of the lap.
Above, Sangstrom and Zhang have summarized the tournament in a head-to-head fight. The Nordic has 19 birdies and two eagles in three days. Even a double bogey on the second day has not asked her to command the tournament that could mean her second victory in the LPGA. Zhang, meanwhile, only 20 years old and with one victory on the big circuit, has accumulated 21 birdies in three days.
Carlota Ciganda, for her part, is tenth. He shot 70 shots after regretting two trips during the round. “Finishing with a birdie helps me. I feel like I’m playing better than the result I got.”
