{"id":252289,"date":"2026-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/nelly-korda-struggles-in-opening-round-of-the-amundi-evian-championship-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:00:00","slug":"nelly-korda-struggles-in-opening-round-of-the-amundi-evian-championship-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/nelly-korda-struggles-in-opening-round-of-the-amundi-evian-championship-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelly Korda struggles in opening round of The Amundi Evian Championship | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST:<\/strong> The Amundi Evian Championship \u2014 the LPGA\u2019s fourth major of the season \u2014 teed off yesterday from the stunning French Alps, where history is on the line for world No. 1 Nelly Korda. Unfortunately, a nightmare start means the 27-year-old has quite the mountain to climb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\ude13 Korda\u2019s struggles at Evian continue:<\/strong> Her best result at the event (which is always hosted at the Evian Resort Golf Club) is an eighth-place finish in 2022. And this course is as tricky as they come: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpga.com\/news\/2022\/korda-loving-the-heat-and-relishing-the-challenge#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%27ve%20always%20had,is%20telling%20you.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unpredictable greens<\/a> and sneaky Alpine winds consistently cause chaos. This year it resulted in Korda carding <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/nelly-korda-struggles-early-evian-120119165.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a three-over 74<\/a> in yesterday\u2019s first round, placing her 102nd among the 132 golfers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpga.com\/tournaments\/the-evian-championship\/leaderboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Topping the leaderboard<\/a> on Sunday will be a tall task, even for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7340968\/2026\/06\/07\/nelly-korda-u-s-womens-open-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the comeback queen<\/a>, especially with the pressure of two career-defining moments looming. Korda could complete the career grand slam (four different major wins) <em>and<\/em> earn a spot in the LPGA\u2019s Hall of Fame with a win.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd1d So, who <em>is<\/em> atop the leaderboard?: <\/strong>That would be<strong> <\/strong>No. 24 Aki Iwai, who had a stellar opening round and owns a two-shot lead over No. 116 Perrine Delacour, a Frenchwoman swinging to cash in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DafwJ80KOtC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the comforts of home<\/a>. There\u2019s also a trio of perennial contenders hot on their heels: No. 5 Charley Hull, No. 7 Haeran Ryu, and the 2022 Evian Championship winner, Canadian Brooke Henderson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/nelly-korda-struggles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: The Amundi Evian Championship \u2014 the LPGA\u2019s fourth major of the season \u2014 teed off yesterday from the stunning French Alps, where history is on the line for world No. 1 Nelly Korda. Unfortunately, a nightmare start means the 27-year-old has quite the mountain to climb. \ud83d\ude13 Korda\u2019s struggles at Evian continue: Her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}