Nelly Korda Starts U.S. Open With a Disastrous 10 on Short Par-3

Nelly Korda is the No. 1 women’s participant in the earth and entered Thursday’s to start with spherical of the U.S. Open as the clear beloved to acquire the prestigious tournament.

Which tends to make what occurred on her third gap of the match all the additional tricky to understand. Korda stepped up to the 161-garden, par-3 12th hole (she began on the back again nine) and carded a 10 immediately after hitting 3 shots into a creek.

Here’s how that disastrous gap played out for Korda, who will now have to make up a great deal strokes just to make it to the weekend. Her tee shot cleared the creek, but then everything went erroneous:

Just a beautiful begin for these a excellent participant. Korda at present sits at 8-around by five holes.