{"id":49993,"date":"2026-07-11T02:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/lottie-ward-moves-into-first-place-at-evian-championship-due-to-nelly-kordas-cut-error\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T02:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:25:13","slug":"lottie-ward-moves-into-first-place-at-evian-championship-due-to-nelly-kordas-cut-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/lottie-ward-moves-into-first-place-at-evian-championship-due-to-nelly-kordas-cut-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Lottie Ward moves into first place at Evian Championship due to Nelly Korda&#8217;s cut error"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Lottie Ward made five birdies in the final eight holes to take full lead in the Evian Championship with a 7-under 64.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old entered the day at 3 under at the French venue where she earned her LPGA Tour card a year ago and decided to turn pro, but her first bogey on No. 10 helped her move up to 11 under, one under ahead of first-round leader Aki Iwai.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hit a lot of fairways and greens, and that&#8217;s definitely the key. If you have trouble off the tee, it&#8217;s going to be pretty tough,&#8221; Ward said. &#8220;My driver is working well. My tee shot is very good. That&#8217;s going to give me a lot of wedges and opportunities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow British woman Charlie Hull, also aiming for her first major victory, shot a 70 to put herself five spots behind tied for fifth place at six under.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;expand&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;image-lightbox&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;lightbox-open&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Nelly Korda missed out on France (Getty)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, world No. 1 Nelly Korda, who has already won two majors this year, missed a birdie putt in the final stage when he could have qualified for the weekend, missing out on qualifying for the first time in two years and signing with a total of 1-over 69.<\/p>\n<p><em>P.A.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lottie Ward made five birdies in the final eight holes to take full lead in the Evian Championship with a 7-under 64. The 22-year-old entered the day at 3 under at the French venue where she earned her LPGA Tour card a year ago and decided to turn pro, but her first bogey on No. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-49993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}