Nelly Korda opens strong in her bid for a fifth straight victory | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — The weight of Nelly Korda’s four-straight-victory run hasn’t yet lifted from her shoulders. Even with an off week before the Chevron Championship spending quality time with family, Korda, 25, felt at the start of her first round that her energy was at about 70 percent. As the gusting winds firmed up the greens and amped up the difficulty at Carlton Woods, the No. 1 player in the world shot a four-under 68, the low round of the second wave and two off the lead at T-2.

“I can definitely still feel maybe a little bit of tiredness, so it took me a while to get going,” Korda said. “I felt the nerves definitely at the start of the round. Once I made the turn, I was just playing free golf.”

Korda began her 1:10 p.m. tee time off the 10th with a combination of nerves and …