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Nelly Korda Wins Chevron Championship to Reclaim World No. 1

A wire-to-wire, five-shot win underscored a return to peak form in a dominant 2026 start.

Overview

  • Nelly Korda closed Sunday in Houston with a 2-under 70 to finish at 18-under 270, winning wire-to-wire by five shots at Memorial Park.
  • Korda moves back to No. 1 in the Rolex rankings and continues a scorching season with two wins and three runner-up finishes in five starts.
  • Her 36-hole total of 130 set an LPGA major record, she matched the event’s 54-hole mark, and she ended one stroke shy of Dottie Pepper’s 72-hole record.
  • Ruoning Yin and Patty Tavatanakit tied for second at 13 under after brief surges trimmed the lead to four before Korda pulled away again.
  • This was the Chevron’s first year at Memorial Park, where organizers kept the winner’s pond-jump tradition with a man-made pool that Korda leapt into after the win.