Haeran Ryu began her bid for a third straight major victory with a fantastic opening round at the AIG Women’s Open, upstaging playing partners Nelly Korda and Lydia Ko.
Haeran Ryu defeats Brooke Henderson in a playoff to win the Amundi Evian Championship, becoming the second player this season to win two majors after Nelly Korda. It’s her second major title in just 13 days.
Karis Davidson surges 30 spots up the leaderboard with a bogey-free 5-under 66, putting a first major top 10 within reach at Evian. Fellow Queenslander Cassie Porter also moves into position for her best major finish.
Three Australian major winners miss the cut at the Amundi Evian Championship, leaving Karis Davidson and Cassie Porter to fly the flag on the weekend. England’s Lottie Woad takes the outright lead at 11 under.
A year after breaking the amateur scoring record at the Evian and narrowly missing out to Australia’s Grace Kim in a playoff, Lottie Woad is back atop the leaderboard at the same course. The World No. 4 fired a second-round 64 to take a one-shot lead over Aki Iwai, putting her in position for a maiden major title.
Nelly Korda’s stellar 2026 season hit its first real snag in France. A rocky opening 74 proved too much to overcome despite a battling 69 the next day, as the World No. 1 missed the cut at the Amundi Evian Championship by a single shot. It’s a rare setback for Korda, who arrived in France chasing a third major of the year and continuing her push toward the career Grand Slam.
World No.1 Nelly Korda’s Hall of Fame push has stalled at the Amundi Evian Championship, opening with a three-over 74 and sitting 11 shots off the pace.
Australia’s Karis Davidson remains in the hunt heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, but will need to chase down a five-shot deficit after South Korea’s Haeran Ryu surged into the lead at Hazeltine National Golf Club.
Can Nelly Korda make it three majors in a row? The American makes winning look easier than it actually is, but the rest of the field isn’t going to conceded anything to her.
First-time LPGA winners Yana Wilson and Gina Kim took out the 2026 Dow Championship and Wilson’s lesson from alternate shot golf is one every golfer should hear.
Australian Golf Digest
