Everyone was watching Nelly Korda chase history at Hazeltine. Everyone except Korda herself. Asked Sunday about falling short of a third straight major, she had a simple answer, which wasn't even what she was thinking about.

Korda spoke to reporters after the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, on Sunday. She had finished tied for eighth after getting within three shots of the lead before fading down the home stretch. Haeran Ryu won the title.

When asked how disappointed she was about coming short in the third major in a row, Korda pushed back on the premise entirely.

"That was definitely, you guys made that such a big thing," Nelly Korda said (as transcribed by ASAP Sports).

The disappointment Korda felt was about her failure to ace the challenge at Hazeltine, and not the history books she could have entered doing so.

"I didn't think about that, no," Korda added. "I was just kind of disappointed in the way that I played this week, not that I came up short, really. I was just thinking about the way that I played, not like the realistic big picture that everyone is talking about."

The media narrative had been building all week. Korda had already won the Chevron Championship and U.S. Women's Open this year.

A win at Hazeltine would have made her the third woman ever, and first in 13 years, to win the first three majors of the season. It would have also clinched her spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame and moved her past Annika Sorenstam to No. 1 on the career earnings list.

Korda, however, was focused on execution, not legacy.

Her putting had been a problem all week. Over the first three rounds, Korda converted seven of 11 putts between three and five feet, ranking 65th among the 68 remaining players.

By contrast, she was 19 of 20 from that same distance when she won the U.S. Women's Open earlier this month.

Ryu wins, Nelly Korda looks ahead to Evian

Haeran Ryu, the 25-year-old, held her nerve on a wild Sunday at Hazeltine to claim her first major title.

She birdied Nos. 10 and 12 to build a three-shot cushion and closed with six straight pars. She finished two shots clear of Ina Yoon in solo second. Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under.

Ryu had stumbled early, dropping three bogeys in her first five holes. She steadied herself with birdies on Nos. 7 and 9 to turn in even par before pulling away on the back nine. She had won three times on the LPGA Tour before Sunday, but this was her first major.

The final round was further complicated by a 3.5-hour weather delay after Hazeltine took on more than an inch of rain. Coverage moved from NBC to Golf Channel and Peacock during the delay before NBC returned for the closing holes.

Korda's path from here is a packed one. She leaves for France to play the Evian Championship from July 9 to 12, then heads to Prague before the Scottish Open and Women's Open.

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Written by

Sneha Abraham

Edited by

Yash Kotak