KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G

September 12, 2025

Nelly Korda

TPC River’s Bend

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Q. All right, here with Nelly Korda after the second round of the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G. 4-under 68. Just walk through your round a little bit today.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, bit of good, bit of bad. Overall a little bit more good than bad. It's good to finish off on a birdie.

Yeah, have to minimize those mistakes going into the weekend hopefully.

Q. And then eight birdies today; eight birdies yesterday. Leading the field in birdies.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. What's the I guess key to making birdies out here?

NELLY KORDA: I guess you just have to really stay aggressive. The greens are pretty soft so you can, but hitting fairways, hitting greens is the key to eventually having a putt in.

Q. And then talk about the fairways a little bit. Players coming in have been saying the tees are generous off the tee. So does it just free you up off the tee knowing you have a little bit of extra room?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, for sure. The rough is tricky though, here, too. When you were in it it's very inconsistent. I've had a couple fliers and I've had ones that type of you have kind of come out dead as well.

I think having a little bit larger fairways it depends on how far hit it honestly. I would say if you're a longer hitter you're taking on sometimes a bit more risk where it gets more narrow.

Overall, I mean, it's a great golf course and it suits people that are playing aggressive golf.

Q. And then early birdies at 3, 4, 6, and 7. What clicked during that stretch?

NELLY KORDA: Putts dropped honestly. Yeah, they were dropping. I had some good shots in where I gave myself a good opportunity.

Q. How would you compare your game today to yesterday?

NELLY KORDA: Pretty similar. A lot of just like -- a little bit of like periods where I'm like it's really good and then kind of made some silly mistakes.

But overall, you know, hopefully I'm trending in the right direction.

Q. What will you work on heading into the weekend?

NELLY KORDA: I'll just do my basics of when you play then you get a little bit off, so going back to like the fundamentals of golf: putting a mat down, seeing the line, and then maybe some range work as well. I think I was maybe losing a couple to the right on the last couple holes, so making sure my aim is correct. Literally the fundamentals of golf, but we all struggle with them.