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Nelly Korda tied for sixth at Women's PGA Championship through 54 holes

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Nelly Korda has won four major championships. In every one, she carried at least a share of the lead into the final round. On Sunday, June 27, she will have to win from behind to get her fifth major.

Korda shot 71 on Saturday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship to reach 7 under, tied for sixth and four shots behind leader Haeran Ryu, who shot 68 at Hazeltine.

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The 27-year old Korda has a familiar arc for her major wins. She was tied for the lead through 54 holes at the 2021 Women's PGA, ahead at both Chevron titles and level again at this year's U.S. Women's Open before pulling away at Riviera. Never has she started a major's final round with this much to make up and still won.

She is playing for history. A win on Sunday would make her one of three women ever to capture the first three majors of a season, after Inbee Park in 2013 and Babe Zaharias in 1950. It would also push her to the 27 points required for the LPGA Hall of Fame and make her the first American to play her way in since Juli Inkster in 1999.

Korda's Saturday ran on power more than precision. She crushed a 357-yard drive on the 18th, the longest tee shot anyone hit on the hole all week, then watched a 25-foot birdie put slide past the hole. She tapped in for par.

Ryu, 25, is going for her own history. It would be her first major. She has three LPGA Tour wins and a pair of fifth place finishes in 2024.

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship leaderboard

1. Haeran Ryu -11

2. Brooke M. Henderson -10

3. Ina Yoon -9

T4. Dewi Weber -8

T4. A. Lim Kim -8

T6. Nelly Korda -7

T6. Alison Lee -7

T8. Karis Davidson -6

T8. Auston Kim -6

T8. Dongeun Lee -6

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Nelly Korda tied for sixth at Women's PGA Championship through 54 holes

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Saturday Night Open Thread: Lampooned

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Heinz Field stands stands in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., in this aerial photo taken on Friday, April 9, 2010. Metropolitan areas in the U.S. with concentrations of manufacturing posted some of the biggest declines in population since 2000, according to government data. Pittsburgh showed the second-biggest population decline, losing about 76,000 residents. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Bloomberg via Getty Images

Live from Delaware, it’s Saturday Night! I, NAS204PSU, am here at BTSC to bring you this Saturday Night Open Thread (aka SNOT).

National Lampoon had many funny movies when I was growing up. The older I get, the more sympathetic I am to poor Clark Griswold. All he wanted was for his family to make great memories. My family could have done a sequel called National Lampoon’s Denver vacation on a recent trip. (See Q4&Q5 below).

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This 5 pack of questions is here to get the conversation going, so let us know what you’re eating/drinking!

1. FearTheBeard5559 is wondering if it is too early to talk about the preseason.1)When do you start your preseason pondering?

2. The Steelers offseason moves are already being graded, but what about the moves they didn’t make? 2) Pick a move the Steelers didn’t do this off season and grade it. (Example: not trading up in 2026 RD1 for a QB is an A.)

3. The Steelers have announced the themes for each game this season.3) Do you have a favorite stadium theme night you try to go to (any sport)?

4. On a recent trip to Denver, my brother and I went to a Rockies – Red Sox game ($25 tickets and time just to hang). We witnessed what could have been a viral event: 8 guys in the nose bleeds (one section over and up from us) took off their shirts, started waving them à la terrible towels, and did loud cheers. A few guys joined them, then a few more. When they ran outta empty seats, they moved en masse across the stadium and their numbers continued to swell until they must have had over a hundred. No message, no greater purpose other than “are you loud, drunk, and sweaty? Take off your shirt and join us” The best part was the camera guys giving them a fan shot on the big screen only to cut away to four under 10 boys doing the same thing and going nuts being on camera while their moms died laughing. 4) Have you witnessed any “viral” moments IRL?

5. That same Denver trip (3 generations traveling together) had several moments worthy of National Lampoon: 

  • Wife constantly telling her husband to watch his step only for husband to stumble in a crowded square. Wife screaming while husband manages to sit on a planter instead of face planting: EVERYONE in the square staring “WTF?”
  • Train to Pike’s Peak breaking down halfway up the mountain stuck “forever” before backing back down, and finally rushing out of the crowded train to rebook (spoiler: there wasn’t an early enough openings)
  • Some siblings enjoying a short moment of quiet in a hot tub only for a relative to come crashing in and loudly starting trying to start conversations. When told they just wanted some quiet time, the relative starts whispering their questions.
  • Waiting forever at a restaurant, then all food out at once. Instead of 3 orders of appetizer bread, 7 come out. One person’s food is wrong , another is too spicy. Last person’s food comes out with the check. Everyone is eating the leftover bread for the rest of the trip.

5) Do you have any National Lampoon’s worthy stories?

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Understanding the 'point men': Iran-US peace talks

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