World quantity two Nelly Korda noticed her lead on the LPGA Chevron Championship minimize to 5 photographs regardless of equalling the occasion’s 54-hole scoring file.
After taking pictures two rounds of 65 on earlier days, the 27-year-old American went spherical in 70 on Saturday to go 16 beneath par at Houston’s Memorial Park.
If Korda can recover from the road on Sunday and win a second Chevron title in three seasons, it could take her to the highest of the world rankings after the present world primary, Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul, missed the minimize.
Korda obtained off to a superb begin too, with 4 birdies on the opening six holes however failed to interrupt par on any extra holes as she lacked precision on the greens.
“The entrance 9 was nice,” mentioned Korda, who mentioned she was going to spend time on the placing greens earlier than Sunday’s ultimate spherical of the primary ladies’s main of 2026.
“Simply obtained to reset and hopefully it goes my method tomorrow,” she added.
Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit hit a 69 so was in a position to claw again a shot and cut back Korda’s in a single day six-stroke result in 5, regardless of a bogey on the thirteenth – her first of the match.
She sits on 11 beneath heading into the ultimate day.
Pauline Bouchard of France is an extra shot behind, alongside China’s Yin Ruoning, who scored a bogey-free 66, the joint-best spherical of the day.
Korda’s 54-hole rating of 200 put her degree with file holder Jennifer Kupcho, who was the third-round chief on 200 in 2022 – she went on to win by two strokes.
