Meijer LPGA Classic R3

Nelly Korda takes lead

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

June 16-19
Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan
$2,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes


Defending champion Nelly Korda took the lead on Saturday at the Meijer LPGA Classic after firing a 6-under 66 to reach 18-under.


Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

“I had a left-to-righter on 17 that I under-read, and I knew that my putt on 18, when I got up to it, that it was going to be a left-to-righter and I just gave it a little bit more than I thought. I trusted in my line and it just barely dropped in, but it was a perfect putt and it was great to hear the crowd go wild, too. That was really cool.”

This is Korda’s 14th time holding the lead or co-lead through 54 holes. She went on to win seven of those times, most recently at the 2021 Pelican Women’s Championship.


Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

Korda is playing in her second competitive start since being diagnosed with a blood clot in her left arm in March and she is grateful for the opportunity to compete. She hit 9 of 13 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in round three.

“So far, I’ve played pretty well and hopefully I can continue. There are still 18 more holes, still a lot more golf to be played. I’m just happy to be out there playing again. This tournament actually always attracts a lot of the top girls on any type of ranking, so it’s cool. Obviously, anything can happen and there are a lot of girls that are close to me and Jennifer [Kupcho], so hopefully, I can put together a good round tomorrow and see how it goes.”


Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

Overnight leader and fellow American Jennifer Kupcho lies one shot back at 17-under after a third-round 69. She hit just six fairways on Saturday but met her goal of shooting 3-under.

“I think I kind of just controlled what I could control. Obviously, I do want to win but I didn’t have it today, so was just trying to keep myself in it. There was a lot of golf left starting today, so I kind of just tried to remind myself of that and that there is more golf tomorrow,” said Kupcho. “(Nelly is) a really good player. The whole top of the leaderboard are all good players. Anything can happen. Anything can happen on the back nine.”

Canadian Brooke Henderson lies in third at 15-under followed by American Lexi Thompson at 14-under.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko (65) and Australian Minjee Lee (66) are in a tie for fifth at 13-under.


Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

Pos.PlayerTo ParScoresTotal
1Nelly Korda-1867-65-66198
2Jennifer Kupcho-1763-67-69199
3Brooke M. Henderson-1568-66-67201
4Lexi Thompson-1465-69-68202
T5Lydia Ko-1370-68-65203
T5Minjee Lee-1368-69-66203
T7Atthaya Thitikul-1268-69-67204
T7Madelene Sagstrom-1265-69-70204
T9Leona Maguire-1169-68-68205
T9Jessica Korda-1168-68-69205
T9Caroline Masson-1167-68-70205
T9Anna Nordqvist-1165-70-70205
T9Carlota Ciganda-1168-65-72205
T14Haru Nomura-1071-70-65206
T14Cristie Kerr-1069-72-65206
T14Hannah Green-1070-68-68206
T14Xiyu Janet Lin-1070-67-69206
T18Chella Choi-968-74-65207
T18Su Oh-973-67-67207
T18Peiyun Chien-972-68-67207
T18Wei-Ling Hsu-970-69-68207
T18Brittany Lincicome-969-69-69207
T23Na Yeon Choi-869-71-68208
T23Gina Kim-871-68-69208
T23Sarah Schmelzel-871-68-69208
T23Amy Olson-869-70-69208
T23Gerina Mendoza-864-72-72208
T28Hye-Jin Choi-770-72-67209
T28Alison Lee-770-71-68209
T28Dana Finkelstein-771-69-69209
T28Celine Boutier-770-69-70209
T28Allisen Corpuz-769-70-70209
T28Paula Reto-771-65-73209
T34Maude-Aimee Leblanc-670-72-68210
T34Yealimi Noh-670-70-70210
T34Na Rin An-667-73-70210
T34Wichanee Meechai-668-71-71210
T34Lilia Vu-668-71-71210
T34So Yeon Ryu-668-71-71210
T34Megan Khang-667-72-71210
T41Jodi Ewart Shadoff-573-69-69211
T41Eun-Hee Ji-573-69-69211
T41Hyo Joo Kim-572-70-69211
T41Alena Sharp-572-70-69211
T41Yu Liu-571-70-70211
T41Frida Kinhult-571-70-70211
T41Kaitlyn Papp-569-71-71211
T41Isi Gabsa-568-72-71211
T41Brittany Altomare-572-67-72211
T41Mirim Lee-569-70-72211
T41Lindsey Weaver-Wright-569-70-72211
T41Ryann O’Toole-567-72-72211
T41Bianca Pagdanganan-567-72-72211
T41Nasa Hataoka-571-67-73211
T41Robynn Ree-571-67-73211
T41Ruixin Liu-567-71-73211
T41Stacy Lewis-567-71-73211
T58Pornanong Phatlum-471-71-70212
T58Albane Valenzuela-470-72-70212
T58Angel Yin-474-67-71212
T58Jaye Marie Green-471-70-71212
T58A Lim Kim-470-70-72212
T58In Gee Chun-468-72-72212
T58Tiffany Chan-470-69-73212
T58Katherine Kirk-468-71-73212
T58Andrea Lee-466-71-75212
T67Gemma Dryburgh-373-68-72213
T67Pajaree Anannarukarn-369-72-72213
T67Jasmine Suwannapura-368-73-72213
T70Ayaka Furue-272-70-72214
T70Brittany Lang-269-72-73214
T70Cydney Clanton-269-71-74214
T70Jeongeun Lee5-270-69-75214
T74Allison Emrey-170-72-73215
T74Pernilla Lindberg-169-73-73215
76Morgane MetrauxPar68-72-76216
77Charlotte Thomas+170-70-77217
78Sophia Schubert+371-70-78219
Dottie ArdinaCUT74-69143
Patty TavatanakitCUT73-70143
Jennifer SongCUT72-71143
Ally EwingCUT71-72143
Sei Young KimCUT71-72143
Stephanie KyriacouCUT71-72143
Sarah Jane SmithCUT71-72143
Amy YangCUT71-72143
Lauren CoughlinCUT70-73143
Mi Hyang LeeCUT70-73143
Elizabeth SzokolCUT70-73143
Linnea JohanssonCUT68-75143
Aditi AshokCUT75-69144
Alana UriellCUT75-69144
Maria FassiCUT74-70144
Gaby LopezCUT74-70144
Katherine Perry-HamskiCUT73-71144
Lizette SalasCUT73-71144
Emma TalleyCUT73-71144
Cheyenne KnightCUT72-72144
Yuka SasoCUT72-72144
Stephanie MeadowCUT70-74144
Natasha Andrea OonCUT76-69145
Amanda DohertyCUT75-70145
Lauren StephensonCUT74-71145
Jenny ColemanCUT73-72145
Haeji KangCUT73-72145
Haylee Rae HarfordCUT72-73145
Sarah KempCUT72-73145
Brooke MatthewsCUT72-73145
Emily Kristine PedersenCUT72-73145
Ashleigh BuhaiCUT71-74145
Fatima Fernandez CanoCUT70-75145
Jenny ShinCUT70-75145
Sanna NuutinenCUT80-66146
Yaeeun HongCUT77-69146
Sung Hyun ParkCUT75-71146
Min LeeCUT74-72146
Dewi WeberCUT74-72146
Muni HeCUT73-73146
Inbee ParkCUT73-73146
Kelly TanCUT73-73146
Moriya JutanugarnCUT71-75146
Ana BelacCUT75-72147
Jennifer ChangCUT75-72147
Brianna DoCUT75-72147
Perrine DelacourCUT73-74147
Liz NagelCUT72-75147
Esther HenseleitCUT71-76147
Valery Plata (a)CUT69-78147
Mel ReidCUT76-72148
Hinako ShibunoCUT75-73148
Sophia PopovCUT73-75148
Sadena ParksCUT72-76148
Caroline InglisCUT71-77148
Janie JacksonCUT71-77148
Giulia MolinaroCUT71-77148
Casey DanielsonCUT77-72149
Annie ParkCUT77-72149
Mariajo UribeCUT75-74149
Ruoning YinCUT75-74149
Rachel RohannaCUT74-75149
Angela StanfordCUT75-75150
Marissa SteenCUT69-81150
Agathe LaisneCUT74-77151
Christina KimCUT76-78154
Updated: October 6, 2022