Nelly Korda finishes strong at AIG Women's Open in bid for another major win, LPGA Hall of Fame

Nelly Korda made a valiant effort at making history Sunday in the final round of the AIG Women's Open.

>Needing a victory to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame with her third major tournament win this season and fifth of her career, the top-ranked women's golfer fired a 3-under 68. Korda closed with a long putt for birdie on the 18th after opening the final round with consecutive birdies at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.

>She finished at 2-under for the tournament, which was a story of alternating rounds for the American. Korda opened with a 2-over 73 on Thusday but got back in contention with a 68 in the second round.

Nelly Korda with a birdie at the last

As it stands, she has the lead in the clubhouse at -2.

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— AIG Women’s Open (@AIGWomensOpen) August 2, 2026But she then shot another 73 on Saturday in a third round that included a pair of double bogeys. A 6 on the final hole dropped her eight shots off the lead entering Sunday's final roud.

>After capturing the Chevron Championship and U.S. Women's Open, Korda, who turned 28 last Tuesday, was trying to become the first woman with to win three majors in a season since Inbee Park in 2013.

>But as she admitted last week, she still is adapating to links golf, the sport's orginal and traditional style that is a hallmark of the sandy and firm courses in England, Scotland and Ireland.

>"I would say I have a little bit of a love/hate relationship with it, depending on the bounces that I get," Korda said in a news conference last week. "It can get a lot sometimes when like you feel like you're hitting it good and then you kind of get really bad bounces."

>She also is adapting to where the fifth and final major in women's golf falls on the schedule.

>"I feel like sometimes with it being the fifth major and coming off a lot of condensed majors in a packed schedule, I feel like you're a little bit more on edge because you've been in these high pressure moments throughout this middle part of the year," she said. "We're coming off a big part in our season.

"So I always feel like maybe I'm a little bit more tired so the bad bounces get to me a little bit mentally. So I'm just trying to really not get into that state of mind, and control what I can control. Obviously sometimes it's easier than others. It's easy to say; harder to do."

>Korda found success with hitting the reset button durig a successful 2026 season that followed a winless 2025. Re-establishing herself as the world's top player accenuated her role as the sport's most visible star, and Korda has grown comfortable with being on a pedestal.

>"I think if you asked me two years ago I maybe would've lied up here and said I'm fine with it, but I think that I'm at a stage in my career and at a stage where I'm just going to be myself," she said. "If people don't like it, that's fine. If that inspires the next generation, that's great. That's what I would like. I just had to learn that no one is going to make me go this direction, that direction. I'm going to go the direction I want and be very authentic. I feel like when I'm not it drains my battery a lot, of doing what I don't want to do.

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class="PagePromo-description">Twelve U.S Women’s Opens and one near-miss of a putt later, Korda secured what she has been chasing since 2013.

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class="WatchScheduleCarousel-slide-started">"I feel like I've kind of figured it out where I'm going to say yes to this because that's what I want to do. If that grows the game and makes people watch me, I think that's great. But I have had to learn that. I feel like in 2024, it was a lot at once, and I had to go through last year to even embrace it. Because I know like athletes, this isn't our forever thing. We're going to be here and the next generation will come and they will be inspiring the next generation. So I really have to embrace where I am and appreciate every moment."