{"id":642079,"date":"2026-05-02T02:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642079\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:11:15","slug":"nelly-korda-goes-bogey-free-for-67-and-shares-the-lead-at-lpga-in-mexico-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642079\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelly Korda goes bogey-free for 67 and shares the lead at LPGA in Mexico | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDrive it straight, hit it close and make putts,\u201d Korda said of the key to playing El Camaleon, the rest course that previously hosted PGA Tour and LIV Golf events.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Savannah Grewal (70) of Mississauga, Ont., was the top Canadian at 1-under 143.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Green, who shared the 18-hole lead with Do, had a slow start until making three birdies over her last six holes for a 70. She was one shot behind. <\/p>\n<p>Minami Katsu of Japan had a 69 and was two shots behind.<\/p>\n<p>Korda hit only seven of the 14 fairways, though she was rarely out of position and at times went with a fairway metal off the tee to avoid the bunkers. But she putted for her birdie on all but two holes and was steady over a few 4-foot par putts.<\/p>\n<p>She also had a big following, only partially related to being the No. 1 player in women\u2019s golf with <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nelly-korda-chevron-championship-lpga-major-houston-5cf30363210a189343b169806149c7c5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her wire-to-wire victory last week<\/a> in The Chevron Championship for her second win this year, and her third career major.<\/p>\n<p>She was playing alongside Gaby Lopez of Mexico, who shot 71 and was four shots behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying with Gaby the crowds have been amazing to see the local support for her, \u201d Korda said. \u201cAnd not complaining about where I am on the leaderboard. Playing some solid golf and playing in front of fun crowds, hometown crowds for Gaby is fun to see. Hopefully I can continue playing well, good golf going into the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do, the 36-year-old American, managed her 69 without making birdie on the par 5s. But her iron game gave her plenty of good looks for birdie, and she converted four of them.<\/p>\n<p>She tied for ninth at the Riviera Maya Open a year ago, her only top 10 on the LPGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put myself in that position last year here and so I think I\u2019m going to be a little more prepared for it this year,\u201d Do said. \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019re ever very comfortable being in contention and leading, and so I\u2019m going accept it and kind of just play within myself and feel the feels and kind of see what happens \u2014 just accept what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP golf: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDrive it straight, hit it close and make putts,\u201d Korda said of the key to playing El Camaleon,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,622,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-642079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-golf","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}