World primary Nelly Korda is hoping to rediscover her beautiful early season kind as the ladies’s British Open returns to the well-known outdated course at St. Andrews this week.
Korda gained six occasions in seven begins on the LPGA Tour between January and Might, together with her second main on the Chevron Championship.
However the American’s greatest end since was a tie for twenty second on the Olympics.
Korda missed the reduce at each the US Open and PGA Championship and tied for twenty sixth on the Evian Championship within the season’s different three majors.
“I believe lately what’s been taking place to me is I make a mistake after which I make one other mistake on high of it,” Korda mentioned after a poor end to her last spherical on the Paris Video games took her out of competition to defend the gold medal she gained in Tokyo.
“I want to regulate that little bit of it the place I don’t compile all of the errors, which that’s what I’ve been sort of doing lately,” she mentioned.
World quantity two Lilia Vu is the defending champion however has by no means beforehand had the expertise of taking part in at St. Andrews earlier than and is relishing the chance to be on the house of golf.
“I took photos on the Swilcan Bridge yesterday and once more immediately. It’s a surreal feeling and I’m attempting to take all of it in. I’m not placing an excessive amount of strain on myself to defend a title. If I’m defending one thing, it appears like you might have one thing to lose,” mentioned the American.
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Vu will play alongside Korda and final yr’s runner-up, Charley Hull, within the opening two rounds.
Hull is the large house hope for victory however has needed to battle again from a shoulder damage that pressured her to overlook the Evian Championship final month and is hoping the temperatures don’t plummet on Scotland’s east coast.
“When it’s chilly, it (the shoulder) can play up a bit. I’ve obtained degenerative arthritis in it as nicely, so I simply attempt to preserve it heat. Aside from that, I’m wholesome and able to go,” mentioned Hull on Tuesday.
The world quantity 10 continues to be ready to win her first main and mentioned doing it at St. Andrews can be much more particular.
“Clearly it’s the house of golf – it might be a fairly particular win, one thing you’ve at all times dreamed of. As you stroll down 17 and 18 you get goosebumps, it’s cool,” Hull added.
Recent from profitable gold in Paris, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko now has her sights set on ending her eight-year wait so as to add to her two main titles.
There may be extra than simply glory and the $9 million in whole prize cash to play for in Scotland. It is usually the ultimate qualifying occasion for each the European and American groups forward of subsequent month’s Solheim Cup.
Europe is aiming to retain the trophy for an unprecedented fourth time in Virginia after a dramatic 14-14 tie between the perimeters final yr in Spain.