Nelly Korda stumbled once more on Thursday in her first occasion since lacking the minimize within the US Ladies’s Open, dropping 4 strokes on the primary three holes in a four-over 76 on the windy Meijer LPGA Basic.
The highest-ranked Korda was tied for 133rd within the 144-player area, 11 strokes behind chief Alison Lee at Blythefield Nation Membership.
Korda, who hit a septuple-bogey 10 in her first spherical on the US Ladies’s Open, had arrived at that match with six victories in her final seven, together with a serious that tied an LPGA Tour report for 5 wins in a row.
On Thursday at Blythefield, the place she received in 2021 at a tournament-record 25 below, Korda opened double bogey-bogey-bogey. Enjoying within the afternoon in a gaggle with fellow previous champions Brooke Henderson and Leona Maguire, Korda was even par the remainder of the best way, offsetting three bogeys with three birdies.
Lee shot 65. Winless on the tour, she eagled the par-five eighth and had seven birdies and a bogey. Defending champion Maguire eagled the par-five 18th for a 72.
Henderson, the Canadian who received the occasion in 2017 and 2019, was two strokes again at 67 with 2022 champion Jennifer Kupcho, Lizette Salas, Benedetta Moresco, Narin An, Carlota Ciganda, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Lauren Hartlage and Daniela Darquea.
Lilia Vu, a former No 1 participant and double main winner final yr, opened with a 69 – taking part in alongside Lee – in her return from a again damage that sidelined her for the reason that Ford Championship in Arizona on the finish of March.
Lexi Thompson, the 2015 winner, shot 71. She has gone greater than 5 years with out successful. Thompson has mentioned this will likely be her final yr taking part in a full schedule.
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