Nelly Korda was not even three holes into the U.S. Women’s Open when she dropped to a crouch and bowed her head in disbelief after her third straight shot — all of them from inside 70 feet away — tumbled into a stream.
LANCASTER —
Korda curiously chose 6-iron — most players not as long as her hit 7-iron — and it took a hard hop into a back bunker. And then the trouble began. She played a low pitch up the slope, but it banged into the hill and rolled back down into the water. She took another penalty drop, played another low pitch that was only slightly better, still not nearly enough to avoid rolling back into the water.
She still had 15 holes ahead of her on a course that didn’t present a lot of scoring chances. Only three players from the morning wave broke par at 1-under 69. Her objective?It was her second straight round of 80 in the U.S. Women’s Open, separated by 11 months and some 3,000 miles — Korda shot 80 in the final round at Pebble Beach last summer.
It was playing nearly a full stroke over par as the afternoon groups began play. There also was some suspect execution on Korda’s part, starting with the club selection.
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