{"id":265937,"date":"2025-11-16T11:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265937\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:09:13","slug":"linn-grant-grace-kim-lead-annika-as-nelly-korda-makes-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265937\/","title":{"rendered":"Linn Grant, Grace Kim lead Annika as Nelly Korda makes charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BELLEAIR, Fla. \u2014 Linn Grant shot a 7-under 63 on Friday for a share of the lead with Grace Kim in The Annika. Defending champion Nelly Korda made a big move with a 63 of her own, while Kai Trump improved by eight strokes and still finished a distant last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery, very solid. I hit some really good shots,\u201d said Grant, the Swede who won the 2023 Dana Open for her lone LPGA Tour title. \u201cTee to green today was very good. I felt like I played similar yesterday but I just couldn\u2019t get the putts to go in, and today a lot of them went in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim had a 66 to join Grant at 9-under 131 at Pelican Golf Club. Kim won the Evian Championship in France in July for her first major title and helped Australia win the recent International Crown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just kind of kept my mojo going,\u201d Kim said.\u201d Just hit lots of fairways and tried to make a lot of putts. It helped probably I hit a few more close today, making more easier birdies. I guess, just stayed in my lane really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is the granddaughter of President Donald Trump. Playing on a sponsor exemption, the high school senior followed an opening 83 with a 75. At 18 over, she was last in the 108-player field by six strokes.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"\u2018She can play at the highest level&#039;: Kai Trump caps LPGA debut with 75, near ace and positive impression\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/lpga\/news\/she-can-play-at-the-highest-level-kai-trump-caps-lpga-debut-with-75-positive-impression\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"The ANNIKA Driven By Gainbridge At Pelican 2025 - Round Two\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763291353_911_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, the 18-year-old granddaughter of President Donald Trump, shot 83-75 to miss the cut in her LPGA debut at The Annika, but, by all serious accounts, it was a win for the future Miami player and LPGA dreamer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first day I was definitely really nervous,\u201d she said. \u201cI think the nerves just got to me. When I went out there today I felt very calm and peaceful to be honest with you. That\u2019s why I played better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First-round leader Haeran Ryu followed her opening 64 with a 68 to drop into a tie for third with Jennifer Kupcho (66) at 8 under. Gaby Lopez was 7 under after a 64.<\/p>\n<p>Korda birdied the last three holes to get to 6 under.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just capitalized on my good shots.\u201d Korda said. \u201cI actually didn\u2019t play bad yesterday at all. I just went to the range after and then to the putting green and just kind of told myself that, `It\u2019s a fresh day and you never know what\u2019s going to happen.\u2019 I came out and I started capitalizing a little bit more on the better shots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Korda won the tournament last year to become the first player in 13 years to win seven times in a season. She has yet to win this year.<\/p>\n<p>Auston Kim (65) also was 6 under with Carlota Ciganda (65) and Lauren Coughlin (66).<\/p>\n<p>The top 60 in the Race to CME Globe qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship next week, where all 60 can win the $4 million prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BELLEAIR, Fla. \u2014 Linn Grant shot a 7-under 63 on Friday for a share of the lead with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-265937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}