Nelly Korda has drawn comparisons to Scottie Scheffler the last three years. Friday offered an association neither desired.
Hours after Scheffler locked up his first missed cut on the PGA Tour in four years, Korda ended her two-year run on the LPGA.
Korda needed to birdie her final hole in Round 2 of the Amundi Evian Championship to guarantee her safety, but left her effort inches short. She shot 2-under 69 to finish at 1 over, one too many to make the weekend.
She finished tied for 67th — with the top 65 and ties making the cut — snapping a streak of 34 cuts made in official LPGA Tour events. Her last missed cut was in the 2024 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship — a season in which she won seven times.
Korda has three wins this year, including in the first two majors (Chevron, U.S. Women’s Open). She tied for eighth in major No. 3, the KPMG Women’s PGA, matching her worst individual result in ’26.
Until Friday.
After opening in 3-over 74, Korda got back to even par with three birdies in 12 holes in Round 2. But a bogey at the par-4 17th, where she left a 10-foot save short, dropped her below the projected cut line.
Playing the par-5 18th — the easiest hole at Evian Resort Golf Club — Korda missed the fairway with her tee shot and laid up. Her approach shot finished 15 feet beyond the flag, and just as she did the hole prior, she left short a putt she needed to make.
Korda was tied for 67th when she signed her card, with players still on the course. Her position briefly changed to T-65 but settled into its ultimate spot outside the number.
Scottie Scheffler missed the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open and Nelly Korda missed the cut at the Amundi Evian Championship.
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She declined for the second straight day to speak with the media.
Korda is scheduled to compete in next week’s ISPS Handa Scottish Open at Dundonald Links and then the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, the LPGA’s fifth and final major.
