Barefoot Korda saves par from water, one off Evian lead
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 [July 22, 2022]
(Reuters) - Former world number
one Nelly Korda removed her shoes and socks and stood ankle-deep in
water from where she scrambled to make par before finishing one shot
off the first-round lead at the Amundi Evian Championship in France
on Thursday.
Korda, who began her round at the year's penultimate major on the
back nine, chose to wade into the water at Evian Resort Golf Club
after her approach shot at the par-five 18th settled on the pond's
edge.
Korda splashed her third shot onto the fringe of the green and
two-putted en route to a seven-under-par 64 that left her level with
Canada's Brooke Henderson and one behind Japan's Ayaka Furue.
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"I had a decent chance of getting it out on the
green, so I just went for it, and saved par. Better than taking a
drop, that's for sure," said world number three Korda.
The 23-year-old American, who won the 2021 Women's PGA Championship
and has been enjoying an impressive comeback after time out this
year following surgery on a blood clot in her arm, said she has
never attempted a shot like that before.
"Never, and I must say, it's very slimy on the bottom. Does not feel
very good," said Korda.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)
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