Nelly Korda can now call herself a three-time major champion after her win at The Chevron Championship on Sunday.
Korda’s sensational play during the first two rounds made it almost impossible for the likes of Patty Tavatanakit to catch her over the weekend at Memorial Park.
The 27-year-old has been on fire so far during the 2026 season, and she is now the women’s world number one golfer once again.
Nelly Korda posted rounds of 65, 65, 70 and 70 to win The Chevron Championship by five from Patty Tavatanakit and Ruoning Yin.
Korda made a strong statement after her Chevron Championship victory, highlighting how perfect golf isn’t always required to win majors.
She got the job done at Memorial Park, in spite of a couple of fairly short missed putts on Sunday. In truth, though, she never really gave Tavatanakit and Ruoning Yin a chance.
Tavatanakit won the Chevron Championship herself way back in 2021.
She didn’t play her best golf last week in Houston but she remained in contention to win due to her elite short game.
Korda suggested that Tavatanakit’s chipping and putting skills were ‘insane’ after Saturday’s third round.
The new world number one spoke to reporters after her victory at The Chevron, and she responded when asked whether she singled anyone out as a potential threat prior to the final round on Sunday.
“I mean, the girls in the final group today, Ronni and Patty,“ Korda admitted.
“I played with Patty the entire weekend and she played some amazing golf. Some of her chip shots were just so dirty. They were so good. And her up and downs were crazy.
“But those were the two that I saw when I looked at the leaderboard that were the closest to me. Lucky me, I had a close eye on them.
“Other than that, I was just kind of focusing on myself. It’s easy to get caught up in the outside noise, outside world of, you know, comparing yourself or looking at others.“
Korda was asked whether the greatest challenge she faced on Sunday in Houston was from Tavatanakit and Ruoning Yin or from within her own mind.
“I would say you can get caught up thinking that that number is smaller than it actually is, when in reality, like, no one got closer to me than four shots, but maybe at points, at times yesterday, that number got mentally a lot smaller than what it actually was.
“It was just when I missed a short putt and that’s about it. I started doubting myself and I told myself and Jason as well, I was like I don’t want to feel like I felt on Saturday today. I want to go out and play golf.
“Whatever happens, if I jump into that pond, if I have the trophy in my hands at the end of the day, then great. I gave it 100%. If I don’t, then I have next week. I have the week after.
“So that’s going to be my mindset for the rest of the year. I’m going to make mistakes and short putts. I’m going to continuously put 100% into every single day. I think that the lesson I learned on Saturday that I started thinking like last year a little bit where I started overanalyzing and I kind of popped my bubble myself.
Nelly Korda is the form player in the women’s game right now, with two wins to her name in five starts, as well as three runner-up finishes.