Nelly Korda rips “ridiculous” slow play at Women’s PGA

World No.1 Nelly Korda was left frustrated by a familiar problem during the third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Texas.

The omnipresent spectre of slow play.

Two-time major champ Korda carded a level-par 72 on a “brutal” day at Fields Ranch East to lie eight shots off the mark set by 54-hole leader Minjee Lee.

Speaking to reporters afterwards, the 26-year-old shared her frustrations over the pace of play.

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“I think we played a two ball in like six hours,” said Korda. “That’s just a little ridiculous, but what can you do? I just told myself to be patient.”

The American believes that conditions rather than players had more to do with the pace.

“I just think with the weather it’s just too firm,” she added. “The hole locations are kind of in almost impossible positions where not many people are hitting the greens, so obviously it’s going to take a lot more time.

“With it blowing 30 miles an hour, it’s just hard.”

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Asked how she stays present in a situation like that, Korda said: “There is nowhere to go, so it’s just patience. I mean, I feel like we’ve had lots of situations in the past like year where like we’ve had to wait a long time, so unfortunately kind of used to it, which you don’t want to be used to it, especially in a two-ball om Saturday of a major.

“You don’t want to be spending 20 minutes and getting up to the next tee and then you’re [waiting] 15 minutes, and getting up to the next tee and it’s another 15 minutes.

“There is just like no momentum in it. So, I don’t know. I mean, you just kind of have to go with it. Everyone is going through it, everyone is dealing with it, everyone is playing the same golf course.”