Nelly Korda will be setting her sights on a third career major championship win this week at The Chevron Championship.

Korda won The Chevron Championship in 2024, three years after claiming her maiden title at the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship.

Her form puts her among the favorites for success at Memorial Park, which plays host to the opening major of the 2026 season.

And Korda has boosted her chances further by skipping last week’s JM Eagle LA Championship, despite the clear rewards on offer.

Nelly Korda will be well rested for The Chevron Championship

When asked what she’s done well in the early stages of the LPGA Tour season, Korda said: “What have I done well?

“I would say the work that I’ve put in on my body, making sure that my schedule is planned out well.

“So instead of let’s say going to JM Eagle because I know let’s say it’s a higher purse, instead I just took that week off, made sure that I rested my body.

“I made sure that after those three weeks that I played in a row I gave the first couple days at home my body a complete break.

“I didn’t touch a club for about four days. I was in the gym and I made sure that my mind was refreshed.”

Such an approach should pay off for the American, who has been one of the standout players of the season so far.

She boasts one win from her four starts, and has finished either second or tied-second in her other three appearances.

Smart scheduling has been crucial to her fantastic results, which she now looks like she will be able to continue in Houston.

Korda arrived for the tournament on Sunday night, and has been busy finding her feet at Memorial Park since then.

As detailed by TaylorMade, she started a practice day with putting practice at 6.32am, followed by a warm-up on the practice range with wedges at 7.20am.

Irons, fairway woods and driver practice followed at 7.30am, 7.40am and 7.55am, with her practice round then beginning at 8.15am.

It’s a busy but necessary schedule, with such discipline having helped her clinch 16 career titles and once reach number one in the world rankings.

Matt Fitzpatrick bested Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the RBC Heritage over the weekend in what became a road game for him.

The Hilton Head, South Carolina, crowd was quickly pulling for Scheffler, a Texan, to complete the comeback over Fitzpatrick, who was born in England.

Chants of “U-S-A” rang out, which irked broadcasting legend Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.

“I put on the RBC Classic … and I could not believe the 18th hole when Scottie Scheffler was making a comeback against Matt Fitzpatrick. Did anyone see the crowd?” Russo said during his “What Are You Mad About” segment on Wednesday’s edition of ESPN’s “First Take.

“They were singing ‘U-S-A, U-S-A’ walking down the 18th fairway. This is not the Ryder Cup. We’re not fighting Britain in a war for crying out loud. In a golf tournament? At the RBC? [Fitzpatrick] freaking lives in Miami. … This is not the ’80 Olympics.”

Scheffler and Fitzpatrick both have starred in each of the previous three Ryder Cups, with Fitzpatrick’s European team winning the last two. Fitzpatrick and Scheffler faced off in Friday foursomes in the most recent event.

It is hardly the first time U-S-A chants were heard at a regularly-sanctioned golf event. DeChambeau heard the U-S-A chants while going for his second U.S. Open against McIlroy. Scheffler went 1-4 in his five matches at Bethpage Black in September, beating Rory McIlroy 1 up in their Sunday singles match. Fitzpatrick squandered a 5 up lead to Bryson DeChambeau to finish all square.

The New York Ryder Cup crowd was blasted by the media and golfers, which had been a concern even before the event. However, that criticism came due to much more than simple U-S-A chants.

McIlroy was hit with the worst of it, whether it was telling him his wife was “a four,” asking about Amanda Balionis and a previously rumored fling (with his wife mere feet away), dropping F-bombs or constant reminders of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

Thankfully for Fitzpatrick, he didn’t get hit that hard. But the crowd still made it known who they were backing.

Who will book a spot at Riviera Country Club this summer? Let’s take a look at the notable names lining up for US Women’s Open qualifying

The US Women’s Open is arguably the most prestigious and important event in the golfing calender for the women’s game.

It’s certainly the most lucrative, with a whopping $12m purse on offer at the US Women’s Open last year and the same expected again in 2026.

The best players from around the world will be teeing up for the event at the Riviera Country Club on June 4-7, but there are still plenty of spots up for grabs.

A total of 1,897 professionals and amateurs will compete against one another to claim a place at the 81st US Women’s Open Championship through the qualifying events over the next month.

Among the big names vying for a spot will be Lexi Thompson, who has an incredible run of competing in the last 19 US Women’s Open events.

She was just 12-years-old when she first qualified back in 2007, and although she had stepped away from the game last year, she’s clearly still keen to play the biggest championship once more and keep that record going.

Despite an incredible rise through the amateur game, Zhang, now 23-years-old, saw her career stutter after injury and stepping away from the LPGA Tour to obtain her degree from Stanford University.

Zhang dropped out of the top 75 in the Rolex Women’s Golf Rankings, meaning she had to apply for qualifying before the April 1 deadline. While she’s now back up to number 71, making her eligible for the event once again, she is still likely to tee up at Essex County Country Club to make sure her place is secure.

Meanwhile, Leona Maguire, Danielle Kang, Emilia Doran, sisters Izzi Stricker and Bobbi Stricker, Troy Mullins, and Cailyn Henderson will also be involved in qualifiers.

Another high-profile name who’ll have to qualify is Asterisk Talley, who suffered heartbreak at Augusta National Women’s Amateur earlier this month.

The 17-year-old has made waves in the amateur game of late, and looked destined for glory at Augusta just a few weeks ago, before a final-round collapse cost her dearly.

The beauty of the US Women’s Open qualifying events is that any golfer can apply, as long as they have a USGA Handicap Index of 2.4 or lower (and $200 for the entry fee).

That means we’ll get to see experienced heads like Brittany Lincicome (40), Natalie Gulbis (43), Meghan Stasi (47), and Angela Stanford (48) all looking for one more shot at glory.

Incredibly, it also opens the door for some unfathomably young golfers to stake their claim. Flordia-born Cheetah Baez, who only just turned 10-years-old this month, is looking to take Lucy Li’s record as the youngest-ever qualifier.

It’s ironic, then, that Li herself needs to qualify, too. The former golfing prodigy is still without a win on the LPGA Tour and is ranked number 94 in the world.

One golfer who won’t need to qualify is Michelle Wie West, who is using her exemption status to take part in the US Women’s Open for the final time.