Nelly Korda wins Chevron Championship going wire to wire, third career major win

Apr 26, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the 10th hole during the final round of The Chevron Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images | Erik Williams-Imagn Images

It was never in doubt. Nelly Korda made sure of that.

The new (and old) world number one had as dominating of a win as one can at the Chevron Championship. Korda finished the weekend 18-under and five strokes clear of anyone else. It is Nelly’s second win at the Chevron specifically in three years, and given her previous KMPG Women’s PGA Championship victory (2021) it is now her third career major victory.

Korda did most of the damage over the first two rounds in Houston as she posted back to back scores of 7-under. Golf is unpredictable and anything can happen, but Nelly’s grip on the field made the weekend more of a formality than anything.

It is hard to really qualify how impressive this win was for Nelly. The massive margin of victory does a great job of that, but she entered the week as the favorite in most circles. History literally said that she would go on to win and she did. Think about that.

The most impressive thing in sports is when the athletes who we expect to be great are so on the biggest possible stages. When it’s primetime and the lights are bright most human beings tend to fold. We are trained and conditioned to believe that athletic superstars can rise to the occasion, but even they are ultimately human as well. It is difficult, impossible on some level, to be at your best when the moment and everyone in the crowd. is calling for it.