On Saturday, January 31, Nelly Korda played a stunning round at the HGV Tournament of Champions amid brutal conditions. Following her round, the LPGA superstar admitted that her ball was oscillating and one could surf on the water due to the wind.
The conditions at Lake Nona were quite challenging on Saturday due to cold and strong winds. The winds were so strong on the 17th that putts were getting blown off the green, and play had to be suspended.
Despite the conditions, Nelly Korda fired a low 64 to take the lead after the conclusion of the third day. During the post-round interview, the former World No. 1 referred to the conditions on the 17th as ‘brutal’.
“Yeah, it was already starting to — my ball was definitely oscillating when I was on the green,” he said. “I had to step away from it a few times. The gusts, it’s so exposed off the water there. You could surf on that water today.”
“So that’s a very exposed green where you’re going to probably run into some issues when the wind starts to gust a little bit more, but that was a brutal hole,” he added.
HGV Tournament of Champions leaderboard after Day 3 explored ft. Nelly Korda
Here’s a look at the leaderboard for the HGV Tournament of Champions after Day 3:
- 1. Nelly Korda: -13 (F)
- 2. Amy Yang: -10 (thru 16)
- T3. Youmin Hwang: -8 (thru 16)
- T3. Lydia Ko: -8 (thru 15)
- 5. Brooke M. Henderson: -7 (F)
- T6. Miyu Yamashita: -5 (F)
- T6. Nasa Hataoka: -5 (thru 16)
- T6. Lottie Woad: -5 (thru 16)
- 9. Jeeno Thitikul: -4 (F)
- T10. Rose Zhang: -3 (F)
- T10. Somi Lee: -3 (F)
- T10. Haeran Ryu: -3 (F)
- T10. Ayaka Furue: -3 (F)
- T10. A Lim Kim: -3 (thru 17)
- T15. Jasmine Suwannapura: -2 (F)
- T15. Akie Iwai: -2 (F)
- T17. Yealimi Noh: -1 (F)
- T17. Linn Grant: -1 (F)
- T17. Ruoning Yin: -1 (F)
- T17. Charley Hull: -1 (F)
- T17. Lilia Vu: -1 (F)
- T17. Chanettee Wannasaen: -1 (F)
- 23. Ingrid Lindblad: E (F)
- T24. Madelene Sagstrom: +1 (F)
- T24. Linnea Strom: +1 (F)
- T24. Patty Tavatanakit: +1 (F)
- T27. Lauren Coughlin: +2 (F)
- T27. Chizzy Iwai: +2 (F)
- 29. Miranda Wang: +4 (F)
- T30. Maja Stark: +5 (F)
- T30. Bailey Tardy: +5 (F)
- T30. Rio Takeda: +5 (F)
- 33. Jin Hee Im: +7 (F)
- T34. Jennifer Kupcho: +9 (F)
- T34. Mao Saigo: +9 (F)
- T36. Austin Ernst: +13 (F)
- T36. Yuka Saso: +13 (thru 16*)
- 38. Angel Yin: +14 (F)
- 39. Moriya Jutanugarn: +18 (thru 16*)
