2026 Chevron Championship: Nelly Korda wins at Memorial Park Golf Course

Nelly Korda won the 2026 Chevron Championship at Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas, United States with 270 (−18), by 5 strokes over Patty Tavatanakit and Ruoning Yin.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: April 23, 2026 to April 26, 2026
Course: Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas, United States
Edition: 55th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,811 yards
Field: 132
Made the cut: 72 (cut at 146)
Purse: $9,000,000 · winner's share $1,350,000
Champion: Nelly Korda · age 27 · United States · born Bradenton, Florida, United States
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 3rd major
World ranking: No. 2 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score: 65-65-70-70 = 270 (−18) · won by 5 strokes
Runners-up: Patty Tavatanakit, Ruoning Yin (275 each)
54-hole leader: Nelly Korda
Caddie: Jason McDede
Low amateurs: Farah O'Keefe, Yunseo Yang (288 each)

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Nelly Korda	65	65	70	70	270	−18
T2	Patty Tavatanakit					275
T2	Ruoning Yin					275

What happened at the 2026 Chevron Championship

Korda opened 65-65 for a tournament-record 36-hole total of 130 and led outright after every round.

Korda went at the flag on the 13th against her caddie's advice and made a tap-in birdie, then closed with a 7-foot par putt on the 18th for a five-shot win, the event's largest margin in 18 years.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Chevron Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

2026 Chevron Championship: Nelly Korda wins at Memorial Park Golf Course

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 2026 Chevron Championship

How this was built

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