SAMMAMISH, Wash. –
It was a round, as Golf Channel analyst Morgan Pressel said, when everything seemed to go wrong at the same time for Nelly Korda. The World No. 1 began the day in a share of second and ended it packing up her suitcase after a second-round 81 and finished at 6 over for two days.
It was a shocking turn of events for a player who carded an opening 69 at Sahalee Country Club and looked primed to contend for a seventh title of 2024 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Korda bogeyed the first four holes and never recovered at the beautiful but punishing tree-lined stunner, carding a 6-over 42 on the front nine. On the back, it only got worse as she hit her second shot out of bounds from the left rough on the par-4 15th and made double bogey. An emotional Korda looked on in disbelief as she finished up the hole.
This marks the first time Korda has missed three consecutive cuts in her LPGA career. The 81 ties her highest score on the LPGA. “A lot went my way at the beginning part of the year and just giving it back,” she said. The cut fell at 5 over for the championship.
Notable Names who Missed the Cut:
- Nasa Hataoka: After a difficult-to-stomach disqualification at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, Hataoka couldn’t recover from an opening-round 77 at Sahalee.
- Sei Young Kim: The 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA champ carded rounds of 76-75.
- Andrea Lee: Just a handful of weeks after contending at the U.S. Women’s Open, Lee carded rounds of 77-74 to exit early at Sahalee.
- Danielle Kang: Former KPMG champ Kang’s tough 2024 season got tougher after rounds of 78-74.
- Bailey Tardy: Tardy collected her first LPGA title earlier this season but has missed six cuts since then, shooting rounds of 78-76 in Sammamish.
- Angela Stanford: In likely her last start at the KPMG Women’s PGA, playing in every edition since 2001, Stanford shot 75-84 to miss the weekend.
- Megan Khang: Coming into the week No. 16 in the world, Khang needed a solid week to move into the top 15 and qualify for the Paris Olympics. Khang struggled with rounds of 81-76.
- Alison Lee: Like Khang, Lee came into the KPMG No. 18 in the world. She won’t be headed to Paris either after rounds of 81-78.
