{"id":629827,"date":"2026-04-25T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629827\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:00:26","slug":"8-big-names-who-missed-the-cut-at-the-chevron-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629827\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Big Names Who Missed The Cut At The Chevron Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main story of the Chevron Championship, so far, has been the impressive play of Nelly Korda<\/a>, who finds herself six shots clear of second at Memorial Park Golf Course.<\/p>\n

Searching for a third Major, and second win of 2026, the American is 14-under, as her back-to-back rounds of 65 gave her her lowest 36-hole total score in a Major.<\/p>\n

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A number of big names will look to chase down the World No.2 over the weekend, as she attempts to make a big indent on Jeeno Thitikul’s<\/a> World No.1 ranking, as the Thai star missed the cut at the Chevron Championship.<\/p>\n

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Thitikul was among many notable players who failed to make the two-over-par cutline, as Major winners struggled in Texas.<\/p>\n

Check out the big names who missed the cut below…<\/p>\n

Jeeno Thitikul (+3)<\/p>\n

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Starting with the World No.1, whose poor form in Majors continued, with Thitikul firing rounds of 74 and 73 to miss the cut by a single stroke.<\/p>\n

Since claiming her home open at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February<\/a>, the 23-year-old has only mustered a best finish of T14th. What’s more, without a Major win, her title of the best player without a Major crown continues.<\/p>\n

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A Lim Kim (+3)<\/p>\n

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The damage was done for Kim in the first round, where a six-over-par 78 meant an uphill battle to make the cut.<\/p>\n

Although she produced a three-under 69 on Friday, it wasn’t enough for the US Women’s Open winner to make it into the weekend, missing her second cut of 2026.<\/p>\n

Jin Young Ko (+3)<\/p>\n

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A former winner of the Chevron Championship, Ko<\/a> was making her third start since getting married in March, with the South Korean firing rounds of 74 and 73 to miss the cut by one.<\/p>\n

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Having struggled with injury throughout 2026, the 15-time LPGA Tour winner missed her third weekend in 10 starts at the Chevron Championship.<\/p>\n

Rose Zhang (+3)<\/p>\n

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Zhang was among multiple former Solheim Cup players to miss the cut in Texas, as the American carded rounds of 73 and 74.<\/p>\n

Along with Zhang<\/a>, Andrea Lee also failed to make the weekend, as both finished one shot shy of the two-over-par number.<\/p>\n

Lydia Ko (+3)<\/p>\n

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A three-time Major winner, including the 2016 Chevron Championship, Ko <\/a>was the most decorated name to miss the weekend.<\/p>\n

Carding a level-par 72 on Thursday, a three-over-par 75 followed on Friday, as the 29-year-old was among 12 players to finish on the three-over-par number.<\/p>\n

Linn Grant (+5)<\/p>\n

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Two-time LPGA Tour winner, Grant, had been tipped to go well at the Chevron Championship, but struggled with rounds of 70 and an uncharacteristic 79.<\/p>\n

The Chevron Championship is the only Major the Swede doesn’t have a top 10 in, with her best result coming in 2024, when Grant finished T17th.<\/p>\n

Grace Kim (+8)<\/p>\n

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Rounds of 75 and 77 meant Kim’s poor run of form at the championship continued, as the Australian missed her third cut in four starts at the Chevron.<\/p>\n

The current Amundi Evian Championship winner<\/a> only has one Major top 10 in her career, which just so happened to be victory in France. Kim has also only registered a best result of T27th in 2026.<\/p>\n

Lilia Vu (+9)<\/p>\n

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Vu’s struggles continued at Memorial Park Golf Course, as rounds of 76 and 77 meant the two-time Major winner finished well back of the cutline.<\/p>\n

A former champion of this event, it’s off the tee where the American has struggled, as Vu missed a second cut of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The main story of the Chevron Championship, so far, has been the impressive play of Nelly Korda, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-629827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}