LPGA Drive On Championship: Nelly Korda takes four-shot lead over Lydia Ko, Megan Khang and Ayaka Furue | Golf Information

Hometown favorite Nelly Korda shot a 3 beneath 68 with an eagle-birdie end Saturday to take a four-shot lead into the ultimate spherical of the LPGA Drive On Championship

Making an attempt to finish a wire-to-wire victory at Bradenton Nation Membership, Korda rebounded with the late flurry, after making consecutive bogeys on the seventh and eighth, to maneuver onto 13 beneath general.

Match of Champions winner Lydia Ko was tied for second, after a spherical of 69, at 9 beneath together with Megan Khang (66) and Ayaka Furue (69).

“I am really sort of taken again with how a lot assist I have been getting this week,” stated Korda.

“Being in Florida I all the time get numerous assist, however hometown, it is loopy. I used to be born simply within the hospital simply down the highway from right here. It has been good seeing family and friends come out, feeling the assist.

“It is a confidence increase realizing I can climb up the leaderboard and contend and keep in rivalry. Undoubtedly did not have the nice begin right this moment.”

With Saturday’s efficiency, the 25-year-old Korda is eighteen holes away from her first victory on the LPGA Tour since November of 2022, when she received the Pelican Girls’s Championship.

Tied in fifth at 5 pictures behind Korda is Xiyu Lin, Sei Younger Kim, Robyn Choi and Auston Kim, who secured the bottom spherical with seven-under 64 to skyrocket 35 spots up the leaderboard.

Kim collected three birdies and an eagle over her closing 5 holes. She completed with six birdies for her spherical, logging only one bogey – on the par three ninth.

“It was a little bit of a blur. I used to be simply enjoying golf. I actually cannot bear in mind what my scorecard seems to be like,” Kim stated.

“I made bogey on 9 sadly, I used to be an unlucky three-putt; missed a extremely brief one. However that helped me lock in slightly bit extra, present slightly bit additional focus.

“As soon as I made the flip, I felt like I used to be shifting at actually good tempo, actually good tempo.”

South Korea’s So Mi Lee, who was in second after the second spherical on Friday, limped to a 5 over 76 on Saturday to drop right into a tie for twenty second.

Final 12 months’s winner, Celine Boutier of France, can also be in a tie for twenty second following a one over 72.

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