All eyes were on Nelly Korda this weekend, as the world No. 1 had a shot at winning her third straight major championship, but unfortunately it wasn't the weekend she hoped for at Hazeltine National Golf Club. And she made it clear that her visible frustration wasn't about missing out on the winning streak, but rather about her overall performance at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
"You guys made that such a big thing," Korda told reporters after the final round. "I didn't think about that, no. Like not -- I was just kind of disappointed in the way that I played this week, not that I came up short really."
On Sunday, Korda shot 1-over 73 to close out the third major of the season and finished T-8, complete with four final-round bogeys and one crushing double bogey on 17. She ended seven back from winner Haeran Ryu, who shot 2-under 70 in a weather-delayed closing round in Chaska, Minnesota.
"I was just trying to take it a shot at a time really," Korda explained of her round. "I didn't know where the leaders were at, so I was just trying to focus on myself."
This is just the third time all year that Korda hasn't finished in first or second place — which is frankly a remarkable statistic on the LPGA Tour. It's important to remember that winning is, well, exhausting. And she plans to get some much-needed rest on the upcoming off week.