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Chevron Championship: Brooke Henderson chases Nelly Korda down, joins history books

Brooke Henderson soared up the leaderboard and into contention alongside Nelly Korda at the Chevron Championship.

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Canadian Brooke Henderson entered Saturday’s third round at the Chevron Championship seven shots off the pace, but she erased that deficit with ease thanks to a historic 8-under 64.

Her first birdie of the day came at the par-5 4th, but her round entered rare territory beginning at the par-3 7th.

Henderson made a birdie there, then rattled off an eagle at the par-5 8th. In the six holes that followed, the Canadian made five more birdies, and suddenly, when she stepped onto the 15th tee, she held the lead by herself at 11-under.

“I’ve been hitting it really well all week,” Henderson said Saturday evening.

“I just wasn’t really capitalizing on some of the opportunities. I was just playing really steady, really solid. Today I was able to make a few putts. I made a clutch par save on 6, birdie on 7, and then a long one on 8 for eagle, so I kind of just really felt a lot of great momentum with my putter and was able to keep it pretty hot throughout the back nine.”

Brooke Henderson is on fire! NINE UNDER TODAY. She’s your new solo leader at the #ChevronChampionship . pic.twitter.com/2hErgMFOKq — Playing Through (@_PlayingThrough) April 20, 2024

Severe weather suspended play, forcing the field to finish their rounds on Sunday morning. Henderson stood on the 18th tee when the siren sounded.

“[On Saturday] night, it was kind of difficult trying to stay in the moment, not knowing if I was going to have to play last night or come out early this morning. It always makes it a little bit difficult with those rain delays,” Henderson added on Sunday morning.

“But I think it would have been nice to play the 18th hole [on Saturday] when I was on a bit of a roll, but you never know what could have happened. At the time, I was kind of grateful for a little bit of a break. It just depends. But No. 18 played a lot more difficult this morning. I made par, and hopefully, I will make a couple of birdies early in the round in the final round.”

When Henderson putted out on 18 early Sunday, she walked off the golf course having recorded the 10th round of sub 64 or better in Chevron Championship history. But it also marked the lowest 18-hole score at The Club at Carlton Woods since the tournament moved there in 2023.

“This championship has a lot of history,” Henderson said.

“Anytime you can be a part of that history is pretty neat. I’m excited about my round yesterday. It was a lot of fun. A lot of momentum, a lot of confidence. Hopefully, I can just carry it forward.”

Henderson will join Nelly Korda and Hae Ran Ryu in Sunday’s final pairing at 12:36 p.m. ET.

Korda aims to win her fifth straight start on the LPGA Tour, which would mark only the third time someone has accomplished that feat. Nancy Lopez did so in 1978, and Annika Sorenstam won five in a row during a stretch spanning both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. A win would also give Korda her second major championship title.

Both Henderson and Korda sit at 10-under going into the final round, while Ryu is one shot above at 11-under, thanks to a birdie on the final hole.

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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For a week that got off to a chaotic start—a lack of locker access for players at Lake Nona Country Club causing quite the pre-tournament stir—the finish at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions seemed almost serene, Brooke Henderson shooting a closing 70 to cap a four-shot win in the 2023 LPGA season opener.

The 25-year-old Canadian had led after the first three rounds and seemed very much in control of her game en route to her 13th career LPGA title, despite the fact that only the previous weekend she figured out what clubs she was going to be using. Henderson was testing out new TaylorMade equipment that she was going to put in the bag for the first time, signing an endorsement deal that became official on Wednesday.

Beyond testing new equipment, Henderson said she’d spent the off season getting her wisdom teeth out and resting and rehabbing her upper back, which had caused her to withdraw from the Pelican Women’s Championship in early November. At Lake Nona, Henderson said she was pain-free.

“I'm able to swing aggressively and I'm not thinking about it, which is obviously ideal,” Henderson said.

And it showed.

Henderson took the Day 1 lead with a five-under 67, two ahead of Nelly Korda (who coincidentally was also playing her first tournament with TaylorMade clubs in her bag). She followed it with rounds of 66-69 to enter the final round with a three-shot advantage on Korda and Nasa Hataoka.

“Really we never lost too much momentum,” Henderson said. “Just kept chasing birdies and kept taking it further under par.”

Henderson finished at 16-under 262, with Charley Hull and Maja Stark tying for second after each shot three-under 69s. Korda finished in fourth, shooting a Sunday 72 and citing lackluster iron play as the main reason she wasn’t able to catch Henderson.

“I always try to win a couple times each year, so to get one right way out of the gate takes a little bit of pressure off,” said Henderson, who has won an event in eight of nine seasons she's been on tour. “I just love playing out here on the LPGA against the best in the world every week. It's exciting to be in contention and even more exciting to hoist trophies.”

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Now, the tour will take a four-week break before heading to Asia, starting the three-tournament swing in Thailand.

The Tournament of Champions is unique in that celebrities play alongside the LPGA Tour players, competing in their own modified stableford tournament. Former professional tennis player Mardy Fish won with 152 points, solidly defeating second-place Mark Moulder who finished with 136 points.

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“It's been a blast. Phenomenal week,” Fish said. “It's super fun to watch all of them get their ball around and how they score and stuff. They putt lights out; all of them do. So it's an honor to share the course with them. They're truly incredible golfers.”

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BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Brooke Henderson was bothered by seeing so many low scores before she even teed off Thursday on the LPGA Tour. She just went out and putted for birdie on every hole, opening with an 8-under 62 for a one-shot lead in The Annika.

Henderson made a long birdie putt on her final hole, the par-3 ninth, for a 29 on the front nine to move past a group that included Jin Young Ko and Patty Tavatanakit.

“Up until this year, ball-striking has definitely been a strength of mine, and hasn’t been as sharp as I would like the last couple months,” said Henderson, who switched irons recently and felt she was headed in the right direction.

“To hit all 18 greens is more what I used to be used to a little while ago,” the Canadian said. “It feels amazing not to have to get up and down and give myself a lot of birdie opportunities.”

Henderson won the season opener in Florida and hasn't won since, falling to No. 13 in the women's world ranking and coming in at No. 14 in the Race to CME Globe.

This is the last tournament for the top 60 players to reach the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship down the coast in Naples. That's not an issue for Henderson or Ko, who is No. 5 on the strength of two LPGA victories.

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It's a different story for the others who were at 63. Tavatanakit, a former major champion, is at No. 61 and got off to the ideal start.

“I’ve been like preparing for this event. Obviously, I knew what I had to do,” Tavatanakit said. “I’m pretty stressed, but at the same time, I feel like I did everything under my control. I did everything with no regrets. I’m just going to be out here and know at the back of my mind that I did everything I could.”

Emily Kristine Pedersen is at No. 80 and Minami Katsu of Japan is at No. 78. They also were at 63. Katsu rallied late on a beautiful day at Pelican Golf Club, starting the back nine with five birdies in six holes to get near the top of the leaderboard.

Lexi Thompson, playing for the first time since missing the cut by three shots in Las Vegas on the PGA Tour, opened with a 64 and was in a five-way tie for sixth. She has gone more than four years without winning, and she'll likely need to finish third or better to make it to the season finale in Naples.

She started on the back nine, made the turn and ran off four birdies in five holes.

“I just went into the day knowing I had to make birdies,” Thompson said. “It was perfect weather — maybe 5 miles per hour when it gusted — so ideal weather for us. I knew I had to make birdies, but I just tried to stick to my game plan with my swing shots and fire at the pins and give myself as many birdie opportunities.

Defending champion Nelly Korda opened with a 70.

Lydia Ko had to settle for a 67 and at No. 101 in the Race to CME Globe, she likely would have to be alone in second to reach the Tour Championship and defend her title.

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LPGA Tour: Brooke Henderson edges ahead at The ANNIKA after first round after shooting 62

A long birdie putt on the last hole of her round put Brooke Henderson into a one-shot lead following the opening day of The ANNIKA Driven By Gainbridge At Pelican; coverage continues on Sky Sports Golf from 3pm on Friday

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Brooke Henderson opened with an eight-under-par 62 to established a one-shot lead after the first round of The ANNIKA Driven By Gainbridge At Pelican.

The Canadian made a long birdie putt on her final hole, the par-three ninth, for a 29 on the front nine to move past a group which included Jin Young Ko and Patty Tavatanakit.

Henderson won the LPGA season opener in Florida and has not won since, falling to No 13 in the women's world ranking and coming in at No 14 in the Race to CME Globe.

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"Up until this year, ball-striking has definitely been a strength of mine, and hasn't been as sharp as I would like the last couple months," Henderson, who switched irons recently and felt she was headed in the right direction, said.

"To hit all 18 greens is more what I used to be used to a little while ago. It feels amazing not to have to get up and down and give myself a lot of birdie opportunities."

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This is the last tournament for the top 60 players to reach the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship down the coast in Naples. That is not an issue for Henderson or Ko, who is No 5 on the strength of two LPGA victories.

It is a different story for the others who were at 63, however. Tavatanakit, a former major champion, is at No 61 and got off to the ideal start.

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"Obviously, I knew what I had to do," Tavatanakit said. "I'm pretty stressed, but at the same time, I feel like I did everything under my control.

"I did everything with no regrets. I'm just going to be out here and know at the back of my mind that I did everything I could."

Emily Kristine Pedersen is at No 80 and Minami Katsu of Japan is at No 78, and they also shot 63. Katsu rallied late on a beautiful day at Pelican Golf Club, starting the back nine with five birdies in six holes to get near the top of the leaderboard.

Lexi Thompson, playing for the first time since missing the cut by three shots in Las Vegas on the PGA Tour, opened with a 64 and was in a five-way tie for sixth. She has gone more than four years without winning, and she'll likely need to finish third or better to make it to the season finale in Naples.

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Thompson started on the back nine, made the turn and ran off four birdies in five holes.

"I just went into the day knowing I had to make birdies," Thompson said. "It was perfect weather - maybe five miles per hour when it gusted - so ideal weather for us.

"I knew I had to make birdies, but I just tried to stick to my game plan with my swing shots and fire at the pins and give myself as many birdie opportunities."

Defending champion Nelly Korda opened with a 70, while Lydia Ko had to settle for a 67, and at No 101 in the Race to CME Globe, she likely would have to be alone in second to reach the Tour Championship and defend her title.

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Canada's Brooke Henderson wins 13th LPGA Tour title

Brooke Henderson hits a shot from the ninth tee during the final round of the LPGA Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Henderson went on to win the event, the 13th LPGA Tour title of her career. THE CANADIAN PRESS-AP-John Raoux

Canada's Brooke Henderson has won her 13th LPGA Tour title.

Henderson won the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on Sunday by four strokes.

She finished the fourth round 2-under 70 for an overall score of 16-under par.

Sweden's Maja Stark and England's Charley Hull tied for second at 12 under.

Henderson led the Tournament of Champions from wire to wire, sitting atop the leaderboard for all four rounds.

Her 13 professional wins are the most in Canadian golf history.

The 25-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., won twice on the LPGA Tour last year, at the ShopRite LPGA Classic on June 12 and the Evian Championship on July 24.

Henderson finished 2022 seventh in the Rolex rankings and third in the Race to CME Globe rankings. It's projected that she will hold the No. 1 spot in the Race to CME Globe rankings on Monday.

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Since turning professional, the Canadian has had her older sister, Brittany, on the bag

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Brooke Henderson became the LPGA Tour’s third-youngest winner in 2015 when, aged 17, the Canadian won by eight shots at the Cambia Portland Classic to earn a special exemption onto the LPGA Tour. Since then, Henderson has had a familiar face alongside her as caddie, in the form of her older sister, Brittany.

Brittany Henderson - six and a half years Brooke’s elder - was a promising golfer in her own right. As a junior, she won the Quebec Junior Championship and was later inducted into the Coastal Carolina University athletics Hall of Fame after a four-year stint as a college player. 

In 2015, while Brooke turned professional having been the World No. 1 amateur, Brittany balanced her time between caddying for Brooke at tournaments and continuing to pursue her own career on the Symetra Tour, now known as the Epson Tour.

However, after a family friend, Bunk Lee, carried the bag for Brooke’s maiden win in Brittany’s absence, the older sister decided she didn’t want to miss another and made the decision to give up her professional ambitions to loop full-time for her sister.

That choice has clearly been an inspired one for the pair and Brooke has gone on to claim a further 11 LPGA titles with her sister on the bag including, most notably, her two Major championships, in 2016 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and in 2022 at the Evian Championship .

After her second Major triumph at the Evian Championship, Brooke outlined the importance that her sister has on her golfing game. “I definitely couldn’t do this without her,” she said.

Brooke Henderson won her second Major title at the 2022 Evian Championship

“Traveling around the world and getting to experience amazing places like this, it makes it more special being able to do it with her. She really keeps me in line out there and having her expertise, knowledge and guidance all the time. I’m just really grateful.”

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Since their full-time partnership began, Brittany has missed just one event - the 2021 Meijer LPGA Classic - due to visa issues. Brooke’s subsequently missed the cut, perhaps a sign of the importance of the sibling partnership to the Canadian's game.

Following their second Major win at the Evian Championship in 2022, the pair got the 2023 LPGA season off in the best possible fashion with Brooke picking up a four-stroke victory and her 13th LPGA Tour title at the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. 

The pair picked up Brooke Henderson's 13th LPGA title with victory at the 2023 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions

With 12 LPGA Tour wins as a player-caddie duo, their partnership has been one of women’s golf's most prolific and it shows no sign of ending anytime soon: “I hope to do it as long as I can, as long as life allows, I guess,” Brittany said, speaking to the Ottawa Sun in 2022.

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Nelly Korda ties LPGA Tour record with 5th straight victory, wins Chevron Championship for 2nd major

Nelly Korda kisses the trophy while posing for photos after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda, left, holds up the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda celebrates after winning the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda jumps into the lake after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda smiles after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the third hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda high-fives young fans while celebrating her win at the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda tees off on the sixth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda watches her shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda poses with the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Lauren Coughlin hits from the first hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Brooke Henderson, of Canada, hits a bunker shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Lauren Coughlin watches her shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda couldn’t have imagined the incredible run she’s put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.

“Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health,” she said. “Competing was kind of on the back seat. I was not thinking about competing at all. But I think all of the sad times and the health scares that I have gone through have made me who I am today.”

Fully healthy now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world’s No. 1 player hasn’t lost a tournament since January, and now she’s a two-time major champion.

Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship.

Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women’s PGA Championship.

“It’s been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here,” she said.

Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-and-down birdie for a two-shot victory.

She had a four-day total of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.

Korda nearly aced the par-3 17th , with her tee shot hitting the hole and hopping in the air before settling within 10 feet. She settled for par to maintain her two-shot lead.

Korda wowed the large crowd, which followed her throughout the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 10th hole to take a four-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her club above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the hole.

Her parents — former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova — beamed as she was presented with the trophy.

Nelly Korda smiles after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

“She had a difficult ’22 and ’23 in certain ways,” Petr Korda said. “She did not win a tournament in ’23 and some things probably made her humble and (she) put a lot of work into where she is right now. Without the work and commitment, she would not be here. So seeing that, I’m very happy.”

Korda’s older sister, Jessica, is a six-time LPGA winner who’s taking a break from golf after giving birth to her first child.

Korda took home $1.2 million from a purse of $7.9 million, a significant increase from last year’s purse of $5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $2,424,216 and her career earnings to $11,361,489.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie’s Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda became the second to do it in Texas by doing a cannonball off a small dock into brown-tinged water. World No. 2 Lilia Vu was first to jump into the pond here after her win last season. Vu withdrew from this year’s tournament before the first round after experiencing “severe discomfort” in her back during warmups.

While still shivering from her post-win plunge Sunday, Korda confirmed she’ll be competing in the JM Eagle LA Championship next week in Los Angeles. She was then asked about the possibility of becoming the first to ever win six straight LPGA tournaments.

“I’m going to enjoy this right now and then I’ll think about that,” she said. “But yeah, it’s been an amazing time. Hopefully keep the streak alive. But I’ve been so grateful to compete week in and week out and get the five in a row, too.”

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on a similar tear, on his way to a fourth victory in five starts until rain interrupted the final round of the RBC Heritage . He couldn’t help but check in on Korda.

“I actually was checking the scores this afternoon when we were in the rain delay,” he said. “I’m extremely happy for her and proud of her. That’s some pretty special stuff. It’s been a treat to watch.”

Korda entered the last round one shot off the lead after completing the last seven holes of the weather-delayed third round early Sunday morning on a windy and unseasonably cool day. She was wiped out after her big win because she’d been up since 4 a.m. to prepare for the end of the third round.

She birdied two of her first four holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get within two strokes, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes put her four behind. She shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for third with Brooke Henderson.

Coughlin got emotional when discussing her best finish in a major.

“It’s really cool to see all of the work that I’ve put in, especially with my putting and my short game, and putting specifically showed off this week, as well,” she said.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start the last round after she shot a 64 in the third round to set a scoring record for the tournament since its move from Mission Hills, California, to Texas last year. But the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, also faltered early in the final round, with a bogey and a double bogey in the first four holes.

Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the final round leading Korda by one. But the 2023 Rookie of the Year bogeyed the first two holes of the fourth round. She closed with a 74 and finished fifth.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Jasmine Koo provided an unlikely highlight on the 18th hole. Her second shot bounced off the advertising board in the water and back into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

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Nelly Korda enters record books with fifth straight LPGA Tour win

THE WOODLANDS, Tex. — Entering this weekend’s Chevron Championship, Nelly Korda insisted that all women’s golf needed was a stage to elevate its profile at a time of burgeoning interest in women’s sports. On one of the LPGA Tour’s biggest, the world’s top-ranked player delivered again, extending her winning streak to a record-tying five and claiming her second major championship.

With a birdie at the 18th hole Sunday, Korda shot a 3-under-par 69 in the final round at the Club at Carlton Woods to finish at 13-under 275, two strokes clear of Sweden’s Maja Stark. Korda joined Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam as the only players to have won five consecutive starts.

Starting the final round one stroke behind 54-hole leader Hae Ran Ryu, Korda went in front to stay thanks to a bogey-free front nine. By the time she made the turn, Korda held a three-stroke lead over Ryu and Brooke Henderson, all playing in the final group.

“It’s so hard to win out here, and I say that with all honesty that it is really, really hard to win out here,” Korda said not long after celebrating with a leap into a lake by the 18th green in a long-standing tradition at this event since it was known as the Nabisco Dinah Shore. “The competition is getting harder and harder every year. I think women’s golf is trending in a great direction, and hopefully we can showcase it to everyone as well.”

Korda’s triumph comes just weeks after former Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark, another of the most captivating draws in women’s sports, helped garner record television ratings during the NCAA tournament’s Final Four, including 18.7 million viewers for the national championship game in which the Hawkeyes lost to undefeated South Carolina .

Some of the top players on the LPGA Tour, most notably world No. 2 and 2023 Chevron champion Lilia Vu, compared the attention Korda has brought to women’s golf to what Clark did for women’s basketball. The LPGA Tour, meanwhile, has been promoting Korda as the face of the industry during a time of record payouts.

In winning her first major since the 2021 PGA Championship, Korda collected a first-place check for $1.2 million, the most in the history of the first of five majors on the LPGA Tour calendar. The total purse for the tournament stood at $7.9 million, a record for the Chevron Championship and a boost of $2.7 million from 2023 .

“It’s an amazing feeling because all the hard work and the doubt that I had in my head from 2021,” Korda said. “I worked through it, and it’s been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so much fun out here.”

Korda’s remarkable run comes at the same time that a fellow American is similarly dominating men’s golf. Scottie Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked man, is on the verge of winning the weather-delayed Heritage , which will give him four wins in his past five events, including the Masters . His other result: a tie for second.

Korda, 25, made it clear before the tournament that how she managed the par-5s would significantly affect her chances at the season’s first major championship. She birdied both par-5s on the front side Sunday, starting with the 490-yard fourth, where her second-shot approach landed in a green-side bunker to the left of the flagstick.

She blasted to inside of a foot for a nerve-free birdie to get to 12 under. Henderson, at the time one shot off the lead, skulled her third-shot pitch over the green and into the same bunker as Korda. She needed two shots to reach the putting surface and two-putted for a double-bogey 7.

The lead grew to three shots for Korda at the par-5 eighth, where she split the fairway but hit her approach over the green. The ball settled just off the fringe, and Korda chipped to six feet before sinking the putt for her third birdie on the front nine. Henderson made par, so Korda hit the turn firmly in command, set to become the first player to win five straight events since Sorenstam in 2004 and 2005.

“I mean, just on the run that she’s going right now, not many people have done that in our sport,” said Lauren Coughlin, a college standout at Virginia who finished tied for third in the best showing of her career.

So at peace was Korda going into the final round that she took several minutes before her tee time to interact with young autograph seekers. Then she acknowledged a line of preschool-age girls wearing pink and screaming her name as she made her way to the No. 9 tee box.

That has been Korda’s way since she joined the LPGA Tour in 2017, attracting a loyal following with her accommodating demeanor combined with power and precision on the course that has yielded 13 victories on the LPGA Tour and sponsorships with TaylorMade and Nike.

The victory was even more defining given Korda was unable to finish her third round because play was suspended because of heavy rain and lightning late Saturday. She was on the 12th green when tournament officials halted play. After waking up around 4 a.m. Sunday, Korda headed to the course to complete her third round and had a roughly two-hour wait to start her fourth.

“I’m not surprised, I will tell you,” U.S. Solheim Cup captain and 2011 Chevron champion Stacy Lewis said. “It’s very impressive. … The amount of energy it takes to do that, I thought you would’ve maybe seen a little drop in play at Match Play [two weeks ago] just getting a bit more tired, but the ball striking has always been so good for her. Short game gets a little better. The confidence to be in that position, I think that’s what you’re seeing now.”

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Report: Brooke Henderson (illness) to sit out next LPGA event

World No. 8 golfer Brooke Henderson will sit out this week's Cognizant Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour because of an illness, TSN reported Wednesday.

Henderson began the season by winning the Tournament of Champions in January.

The 25-year-old has 13 LPGA Tour victories, including major wins at the 2016 Women's PGA Championship and the 2022 Evian Championship. She is the lone Canadian golfer -- male or female -- to win more than one major title.

The Cognizant Founders Cup will be contested from Thursday through Sunday at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey.

Nelly Korda wins Chevron Championship for an historic fifth straight LPGA victory

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Nelly Korda has etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship for her second major title.

Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women's PGA Championship.

The top-ranked Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final round to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-and-down birdie for a two-shot victory.

“It’s been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here,” she said.

Korda had a four-day total of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.

Her parents — former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova — beamed as she was presented with the trophy.

“She had a difficult ’22 and ’23 in certain ways,” Petr Korda said.

“She did not win a tournament in ’23 and some things probably made her humble and (she) put a lot of work into where she is right now. Without the work and commitment, she would not be here. So seeing that, I’m very happy.”

Korda entered the last round one shot off the lead after completing the last seven holes of the weather-delayed third round early Sunday morning (local time) on a windy and unseasonably cool day.

She birdied two of her first four holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied holes 13 and 14 to get within two strokes, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes put her four behind. She shot a final-round 68 finish tied for third with Canadian Brooke Henderson.

Korda nearly aced the par-3 17th, with her tee shot hitting the hole and hopping in the air before settling within 10 feet. She settled for par to maintain her two-shot lead.

Korda wowed the large crowd, which followed her throughout the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 10th hole to take a four-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her club above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the hole.

Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the final round leading Korda by one. But the 2023 Rookie of the Year bogeyed the first two holes in the fourth round to fall out of the lead. She closed with a 74 and finished fifth.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start the last round after she shot a 64 in the third round to set a scoring record for the tournament since its move from Mission Hills, California, to Texas last year.

But the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, also faltered early in the final round, with a bogey and a double bogey in the first four holes.

Korda took home $US1.2 million ($1.8 million) from a purse of $US7.9 million, a significant increase from last year's purse of $US5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $US2,424,216 and her career earnings to $US11,361,489.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie's Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda became the second to do it in Texas by leaping off a small dock into brown-tinged water.

World number two Lilia Vu was first to jump into the pond here after her win last season. She withdrew from this year's tournament before the first round after experiencing "severe discomfort" in her back during warm ups.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Jasmine Koo provided an unlikely highlight on the 18th hole. Her second shot bounced off the advertising board in the water and back into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

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Nelly Korda couldn't have imagined the incredible run she's put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.

"Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health," she said. "Competing was kind of on the back seat. I was not thinking about competing at all. But I think all of the sad times and the health scares that I have gone through have made me who I am today."

Fully healthy now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world's No. 1 player hasn't lost a tournament since January, and now she's a two-time major champion.

Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship in The Woodlands, Texas.

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Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women's PGA Championship.

"It's been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here," she said.

Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-and-down birdie for a two-shot victory.

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Korda nearly aced the par-3 17th, with her tee shot hitting the hole and hopping in the air before settling within 10 feet. She settled for par to maintain her two-shot lead.

Korda wowed the large crowd, which followed her throughout the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 10th hole to take a four-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her club above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the hole.

Her parents — former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova — beamed as she was presented with the trophy.

"She had a difficult '22 and '23 in certain ways," Petr Korda said. "She did not win a tournament in '23 and some things probably made her humble and [she] put a lot of work into where she is right now. Without the work and commitment, she would not be here. So seeing that, I'm very happy."

Korda's older sister, Jessica, is a six-time LPGA winner who's taking a break from golf after giving birth to her first child.

'I'm going to enjoy this right now'

Korda took home $1.2 million US from a purse of $7.9 million, a significant increase from last year's purse of $5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $2,424,216 and her career earnings to $11,361,489.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie's Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda became the second to do it in Texas by doing a cannonball off a small dock into brown-tinged water. World No. 2 Lilia Vu was first to jump into the pond here after her win last season. Vu withdrew from this year's tournament before the first round after experiencing "severe discomfort" in her back during warmups.

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"I'm going to enjoy this right now and then I'll think about that," she said. "But yeah, it's been an amazing time. Hopefully keep the streak alive. But I've been so grateful to compete week in and week out and get the five in a row, too."

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on a similar tear, on his way to a fourth victory in five starts until rain interrupted the final round of the RBC Heritage. He couldn't help but check in on Korda.

"I actually was checking the scores this afternoon when we were in the rain delay," he said. "I'm extremely happy for her and proud of her. That's some pretty special stuff. It's been a treat to watch."

Solid showing by Canada's Henderson

Korda entered the last round one shot off the lead after completing the last seven holes of the weather-delayed third round early Sunday morning on a windy and unseasonably cool day. She was wiped out after her big win because she'd been up since 4 a.m. to prepare for the end of the third round.

She birdied two of her first four holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get within two strokes, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes put her four behind. She shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for third with Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont.

Coughlin got emotional when discussing her best finish in a major.

"It's really cool to see all of the work that I've put in, especially with my putting and my short game, and putting specifically showed off this week, as well," she said.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start the last round after she shot a 64 in the third round to set a scoring record for the tournament since its move from Mission Hills, California, to Texas last year. But the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, also faltered early in the final round, with a bogey and a double bogey in the first four holes.

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Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the final round leading Korda by one. But the 2023 Rookie of the Year bogeyed the first two holes of the fourth round. She closed with a 74 and finished fifth.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Jasmine Koo provided an unlikely highlight on the 18th hole. Her second shot bounced off the advertising board in the water and back into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

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Navalny's latest conviction 'purely political,' allies say

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navlny was handed 19 additional years in prison on Friday after being convicted of "extremism."

The trial against the man regarded as Russia's most famous political prisoner took place behind closed doors in a Moscow courtroom, but the hearings themselves were held at Penal Colony No. 6 in Melekhovo, around 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital.

Navalny, 47, is currently serving time for another conviction that he and many observers view as politically motivated. Now, his sentence has been extended after he was found guilty of founding and financing an extremist organization and trivializing Nazism.

The IK-6 prison where he is incarcerated is notorious for its harsh conditions and dangerous inmates — some of whom have had their death sentences commuted to life in prison. Navalny is in solitary confinement for the seventeenth time. He is not expected to be released into the general prison population until after the verdict is read.

Navalny verdict related to political activities

Leonid Volkov, a prominent Navalny ally, believes the extremism trial is designed to make an example of Navalny and other opposition leaders. Volkov expected a harsh sentence.

"This is the first time Navalny is being tried for his political activity," he said on DW's Russian-language Novosti Show podcast, noting that what is unique about this latest trial is its exclusively political nature.

The first major trial against Navalny lasted several years and ended with him being sentenced to five years probation for embezzlement. The court found that in 2009, when he was advisor to the governor of the Kirov Region, he allegedly forced a timber company sell wood below market price.

In 2014, in a ruling later declared "arbitrary" by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), another Russian court found Navalny guilty of defrauding the Russian subsidiary of the French cosmetics company Yves Rocher — for which Navalny and his brother Oleg had organized the shipping of products. Despite representatives of the company stating the subsidiary had suffered "no damage," Navalny was handed a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.

In March of 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud and contempt of court.

"The Kremlin has always tried to say, 'See, he's a crook... he's just a thief,'" says Volkov. "That's why they're trying so hard to turn the proceedings into a show trial. This new case against Navalny is purely political. He's being indicted because of all of his political activities, and now the Kremlin is retroactively deeming them extremist."

Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, speaking with DW after the first court date for the "extremism" charges, said, "all the possible verdicts are unlawful and this whole case is entirely fabricated. So, of course we will do our best to let the whole world know about it, including carrying out protest actions."

The current case against Navalny fills up 196 binders of purported evidence and entails countless alleged violations of the criminal code. Among other things, he is accused of forming an extremist organization. That allegation is directed toward the Anti-Corruption Foundation he founded in 2011, as well as his own political office. Beyond that, he is said to have, "publicly incited extremist activities." The indictment for that charge is based on third-party statements. He is also accused of "reviving national socialism" and "encouraging minors to partake in life-threatening actions." These accusations are related to statements he made during demonstrations and political events. Navalny and his attorneys were only given 10 days to familiarize themselves with the slate of charges.

'Extremism' trial held behind closed doors

According to spokeswoman Yarmysh, Russian authorities wanted to conduct the trial as quietly as possible due to "lack of evidence" and have tried to hide it from public view.

"The trial will be as closed as possible," Navalny advocate Leonid Volkov said ahead of Friday's ruling. "We will only be told the verdict. The Kremlin will do everything to ensure that no information leaks out."

The preliminary hearing, for instance, was postponed from May 31 to June 6, and then the location of the trial was changed from the Moscow City Court to the penal colony. After the preliminary hearing, it was announced that the trial on June 19 would be public and the press would be given access. But three days beforehand, it was revealed that journalists would only be allowed to observe a transmission of the proceedings from a special offsite room. During Navalny's last trial, transmission was interrupted, then turned off completely when he made his closing statement.

Since the extremism trial took place behind closed doors, exact details are only known to the participants. The most important sources of information were defense witnesses who took part in the hearing via live video link. Former Moscow district council member Alexei Gorinov was one of those witnesses, alongside opposition politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin — both of whom were convicted in trials widely believed to have been politically motivated.

Yashin wrote the following on Telegram: "Last Wednesday, I took part in the trial against Navalny from prison via video. Navalny filed a motion to question me as a witness, which the judge permitted. Alexei mostly led the interrogation himself, which was quite funny at times."

During Yashin's "interrogation," it was revealed that Navalny also stands accused of running for office as a pretext for a potential power grab. "Ilya, according to the indictment, my motivations for running for mayor of Moscow were extremist. I supposedly wanted to rile up hate against the government and overthrow it. Do you know anything about that?" Navalny asked Yashin.

"Overthrowing the government by running for office? As far as I know, you were permitted to be a candidate and received support from one-third of the voters. By the prosecutor's logic, the entire election committee and hundreds of thousands of Moscow residents should be facing charges," Yashin responded.

"Don't give the prosecuting attorney's office any tips!" Navalny quipped sarcastically. Yashin later wrote on Telegram about this part of the trial, and that Navalny was in good spirits despite detention and bullying.

A satirical rap song as evidence

Among the "evidence" being used to prove Navanly's supposed "extremism" is the satirical song "Navalny Lyokha." Lyokya is an affectionate shortening of Navalny's first name Alexei. A musician performed the song before the last presidential election in 2018 — in which Navalny was not allowed to participate.

"The secretary started laughing as soon as she understood what was going on, and then the bailiff did, too. When we got to the words 'Navalny Lyokya,' even the judge started laughing," wrote Navalny on social media. He also sarcastically mentioned that it was more "strong evidence that [he] was planning a violent overthrow of Vladimir Putin."

Not only have Navalny and members of his team repeatedly emphasized the absurdity of the trial, some witnesses have as well. Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison, compared the proceedings to Franz Kafka's novel, "The Trial." Kara-Murza quoted Navalny who said during his interrogation, "only in our courts can an extremist [Navalny] call a traitor [Kara-Murza] as a witness."

Journalists and observers were banned from watching Navalny's closing statement. That's why Navalny's team asked well-known Russian musicians, artists and academics to relay it. So far, celebrities including the singer Monetochka, actor Dmitry Nazarov, director Andrey Zvyagintsev, economist Sergei Guriev, and other prominent Russians have taken part in a video supporting the accused opposition figure.

Navalny insists everyone must sacrifice something so that "a new country can be made." He also recalled the words of early twentieth century literary scholar Juri Lotman, who maintained that people always need to be supported by two things: consciousness and intelligence.

"My Russia made several major leaps, pushing everyone around, but then slipped, and, with a roar, destroying everything around it, collapsed," Navalny quoted.

This article was translated from German. It was originally published on August 2 and has been updated to include the August 3 verdict.

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Most Beautiful Metro Stations in Moscow

Visiting Moscow? Get yourself a metro card and explore Moscow’s beautiful metro stations. Moscow’s world-famous metro system is efficient and a great way to get from A to B. But there is more to it; Soviet mosaic decorations, exuberant halls with chandeliers, colourful paintings and immense statues. Moscow’s metro is an attraction itself, so take half a day and dive into Moscow’s underground!

The best thing to do is to get on the brown circle (number 5) line since the most beautiful metro stations are situated on this line. The only exception is the metro stop Mayakovskaya one the green line (number 2). My suggestion is to get a map, mark these metro stops on there and hop on the metro. It helps to get an English > Russian map to better understand the names of the stops. At some of the metro stops, the microphone voice speaks Russian and English so it’s not difficult at all.

Another thing we found out, is that it’s worth taking the escalator and explore the other corridors to discover how beautiful the full station is.

Quick hotel suggestion for Moscow is the amazing Brick Design Hotel .

These are my favourite metro stations in Moscow, in order of my personal preference:

1. Mayakovskaya Station

The metro station of Mayakovskaya looks like a ballroom! Wide arches, huge domes with lamps and mosaic works make your exit of the metro overwhelming. Look up and you will see the many colourful mosaics with typical Soviet pictures. Mayakovskaya is my personal favourite and is the only stop not on the brown line but on the green line.

2. Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya metro station is famous for its yellow ceiling. An average museum is nothing compared to this stop. Splendour all over the place, black and gold, mosaic – again – and enormous chandeliers that made my lamp at home look like a toy.

3. Novoslobodskaya Station

The pillars in the main hall of Novoslobodskaya metro station have the most colourful stained glass decorations. The golden arches and the golden mosaic with a naked lady holding a baby in front of the Soviet hammer and sickle, make the drama complete.

4. Prospect Mira Station

The beautiful chandeliers and the lines in the ceiling, make Prospekt Mira an architectural masterpiece.

5. Belorusskaya Station

Prestigious arches, octagonal shapes of Socialistic Soviet Republic mosaics. The eyecatcher of Belorusskaya metro station, however, is the enormous statue of three men with long coats, holding guns and a flag.

6. Kiyevskaya Station

The metro station of Kiyevskaya is a bit more romantic than Belorusskaya and Prospect Mira. Beautiful paintings with classical decorations.

7. Taganskaya Station

At the main hall Taganskaya metro station you will find triangle light blue and white decorations that are an ode to various Russians that – I assume – are important for Russian history and victory. There is no need to explore others halls of Taganskaya, this is it.

8. Paveletskaya Station

Another and most definitely the less beautiful outrageous huge golden mosaic covers one of the walls of Paveletskaya. I would recommend taking the escalator to the exit upstairs to admire the turquoise dome and a painting of the St Basil’s Cathedral in a wooden frame.

Travelling with Moscow’s metro is inexpensive. You can have a lot of joy for just a few Rubbles.

• 1 single journey: RMB 50 – € 0,70
• 1 day ticket: RMB 210 – € 2,95

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Wow! It is beautiful. I am still dreaming of Moscow one day.

It’s absolutely beautiful! Moscow is a great city trip destination and really surprised me in many ways.

My partner and I did a self guided Moscow Metro tour when we were there 2 years ago. So many breathtaking platforms…I highly recommend it! Most of my favorites were along the Brown 5 line, as well. I also loved Mayakovskaya, Arbatskaya, Aleksandrovski Sad and Ploshchad Revolyutsii. We’re heading back in a few weeks and plan to do Metro Tour-Part 2. We hope to see the #5 stations we missed before, as well as explore some of the Dark Blue #3 (Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bul’var, for sure), Yellow #8 and Olive #10 platforms.

That’s exciting Julia! Curious to see your Metro Tour-Part 2 experience and the stations you discovered.

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Apr 24 2017

City Street Guides by f.d. walker: A Street Photography Guide to Moscow, Russia

*A series of guides on shooting Street Photography in cities around the world. Find the best spots to shoot, things to capture, street walks, street tips, safety concerns, and more for cities around the world. I have personally researched, explored and shot Street Photography in every city that I create a guide for. So you can be ready to capture the streets as soon as you step outside with your camera!

At over 12 million people, Moscow is the largest city in Russia and second largest in Europe by population ( Istanbul is #1). An urban, cosmopolitan metropolis with more than enough glitz and glam to cater to the elite, but without losing its fair share of Soviet era roughness around the edges. It can be fast paced, brash, busy, and trendy like other big cities, but it has its blend of West meets Russia atmosphere and beauty that provides plenty of unique interest. The Red Square is as famous as it gets, but there’s so much more to this city, including the most beautiful subway system you’ve ever seen. It would take years to capture all of Moscow, but that means you have an endless amount of areas to discover.

So here’s a Street Photography guide so you can be ready to capture all that Moscow has to offer before you even arrive!

• Patriarch’s Pond
• Old Arbat Street
• Maroseyka Street
• Tverskoy Boulevard

Top 5 Street Spots:

1. red square.

The Red Square is the most famous square in not just Russia, but all of Eastern Europe. The name actually doesn’t come from the color of the bricks or communism, but from the name in Russian, Krásnaya, once meaning “beautiful” before its meaning changed to “red.” This large plaza is what you see on the cover of guide books and magazines for Moscow, with St. Basil’s Cathedral being the center piece next to Lenin’s Mausoleum surrounded by the Kremlin Wall. Of course, the Red Square attracts hordes of tourist due to the main attractions, but all that activity around an interesting atmosphere does provide street photo opportunities. It’s also the central square connecting to the city’s major streets, providing a good starting point to explore outward.

You’ll also find the popular pedestrian only Nikolskaya Street connecting the Red Square to Lubyanka Square. This line of expensive shops includes plenty of activity, while also leading you to another popular square. Filled with history rivaling any city, the Red Square and surrounding areas are the heart and soul of Russia.

2. Patriarch’s Ponds

Patriarch’s Ponds is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Moscow. Despite the name being plural, there’s only one large pond, but it’s worth a visit with your camera. It’s a popular spot for locals and expats to come relax or take a stroll around the pond. You get an interesting mix of young and old too, from young love to “babushkas” feeding pigeons. It’s a very peaceful park atmosphere in one of the nicer areas within the city center, while bringing enough activity for street photography. 

The pond is shallow and in the winter becomes a popular spot for ice-skating too. The area is also well-known for the location in the famous Russian novel, The Master and Margarita. 

3. Old Arbat (Stary Arbat)

Old Arbat is the most famous pedestrian street in Moscow, and dating back to the 15th century, also one of its oldest. Originally, it was an area of trade, but soon became the most prestigious residential area in Moscow. During the 18th century, Arbat started attracting the city’s scholars and artists, including Alexander Pushkin. Cafes lined the streets and impressive homes filled the neighborhood. Since then, New Arbat street was created as a highway in the area, while Old Arbat was paved for a 1km pedestrian only walkway.

Due to the historic buildings, famous artists that lived here, and the bohemian atmosphere, Old Arbat has become a big attraction for tourists today. Now, there’s a mix of cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, street performers, street merchants and other attractions for visitors, and some locals, to come enjoy. It can get really busy here and there’s usually something interesting going on so it’s a good street to come walk with your camera for guaranteed life.

4. Gorky Park

One of the most famous places in Moscow is Gorky Park. The official name is Maxim Gorky’s Central Park of Culture & Leisure, which gives you an idea of what goes on here. When built, it was the first of its kind in the Soviet Union. Divided into two parts, it stretches along Moscow River. One end contains fair rides, foods stands, tennis courts, a sports club, a lake for boat rides, and more. This end brings more active life due to its number of attractions, while the other end is more relaxed, where you’ll find gardens, trees, older buildings, and an outdoor amphitheater.

Gorky Park attracts mostly locals so it’s a good spot to capture the non-tourist side of Moscow life. Muscovites come here to escape the city and unwind in a picturesque setting. The park remains alive outside of the warmer months too, especially when the lake turns into the city’s largest outdoor skating rink. I’d recommend taking the metro out here to spend at least half a day exploring the massive park’s life with your camera.

5. Maroseyka Street

Maroseyka Street is a popular area not too far from the Red Square. The long, winding street turns into Pokrovka and is lined with restaurants, cafes, bars and places to stay. It’s actually where I like to stay when I’m in Moscow due to its location and solid street photography opportunities itself. You have Kitay-gorod station near and if you keep walking southwest, you’ll get to the Red Square. But if you walk northwest, as it changes to Pokrovka, you can find a long street of activity for photography with its own interesting atmosphere.

6. Tverskoy Boulevard

Tverskoy Boulevard is the oldest and longest boulevard in Moscow, beginning at the end of Nikitsky Boulevard, and finishing at Pushkin Square, a spot to come for activity itself. The boulevard is made up of two avenues, with pedestrian walkways in-between. You’ll find grass, shrubbery, trees, benches and more walking it’s almost kilometer length. Many people come here to enjoy some relaxation, walk their dog, or just to use it to walk wherever they’re going. Its center location also provides a nice place to walk with your camera near plenty of other spots you’ll want to check out anyway.

Sample Street Walk:

For a full day of Street Photography, covering some of the best spots, you can follow this sample street walk for Moscow:

• Start your morning walking around the Red Square (1), while exploring the surrounding area, including Nikolskaya Street
• Then walk northwest to Patriarch’s Ponds (2) and slowly walk the pond and surrounding area with your camera
• Next, walk east to the Pushkin Monument and stroll down Tverskoy Boulevard (6)
• Once Tverskoy Boulevard (6) ends, it will turn into Nikitsky Boulevard. Follow this down until you get to the start of Old Arbat Street (3), across from Arbatskaya station
• After you’re done walking down Old Arbat Street (3) for more street photography, spend some time checking out Moscow’s beautiful metro stations
• To finish off the day with more street photography, get off the metro near Red Square (1) again, Maroseyka Street (5) or wherever you’re staying for the night.

3 Things I’ll Remember about Shooting in Moscow:

1. museum metro.

The Moscow metro system was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union and today includes 203 stations across 340km of routes. The elaborate system has some of the deepest stations in the world too, with escalators that seem to go on forever. None of this is what makes it so special, though. Many of its stations feel like stepping inside a museum, making it without a doubt the most interesting and beautiful metro system I’ve been in.

When built, Stalin wanted to make the metro stations “palaces for the people” with marble, chandeliers, and grand architecture. The best part is the variety of architecture and styles used, making many of the stations a completely different experience visually. You could easily spend a whole day traveling the stations and there are even tours available for people who wish to do just that. My advice, though, would be just to buy a ticket and hop on and off at different stations, while exploring different lines. The museum-like surrounding mixed with the crowds of characters can make for a great photography experience.

Since there are so many stations, here are some of my favorites to check out:

• Novoslobodskaya
• Mayakovskaya
• Elektrozavodskaya
• Komsomolskaya
• Ploschad Revolyutsii
• Dostoyevskaya
• Prospekt Mira

2. Moscow is Big

It’s no secret that Moscow is a big city, but it can feel even bigger with how spread out much of it is. This is especially true if you compare it to cities outside of Asia. If I compared it to cities in Europe, I’d probably say only Istanbul would warrant more time to really discover the depths of this city. Most only explore around the Red Square and surrounding area, but that is such a small part of the city. Although, that central area does give you plenty to see on its own.

Fortunately, I had a good friend living in the city to show me around, but it opened up my eyes even more to how much there is to discover in Moscow. It’s a big city with a variety of atmosphere that can take you from “east” to “west” and trendy to rugged depending on where you go. I’d imagine you’d have to live here a while to really know the city.

3. Cosmopolitan Mix of East meets West

Modern skyscrapers mixed with amazing architecture, a world-class metro system with museum-like beauty, trendy fashion and chic clubs, Moscow is a rich mix of Russian culture and history in a more western cosmopolitan package. There is a push to keep the Russian culture, while also pushing forward with a modern metropolis the whole world will envy. This comes with an impressive skyline, that continues to grow, and endless modernities, but with soviet nostalgia and atmosphere mixed in for good measure.

Mixed in with this grand western cosmopolitan atmosphere, is a strong national pride in Russia. This includes their famous leader, Vladimir Putin. Maybe no other place will you see a country’s leader more often. All over, from the pricey tourist shops to the underground walkway stalls, you’ll find goods with Putin’s likeness covering them. From t-shirts to magnets to Matryoshka dolls. There’s a strong national pride that can be seen around the city, which also extends to their leader. Moscow is many things. It’s East meets West, modernizations meets Soviet era, and a whole lot more.

What To Do For a Street Photography Break?:

Eat at a stolovaya.

Stolovayas are Russian cafeterias that became popular in the Soviet days. You grab a tray and walk down the line of freshly prepared local dishes, and select whatever you want from the chefs. They’re usually inexpensive and a much better value than restaurants, while giving you the opportunity to try from a wide selection of everyday Russian food. They’re also very tasty. I always include some borsch on my tray and go from there. The places themselves are all over Moscow and usually come with Soviet-era aesthetics to complete the experience.

Street Safety Score: 7

*As always, no place is completely safe! So when I talk about safety, I’m speaking in general comparison to other places. Always take precaution, be smart, observe your surroundings and trust your instincts anywhere you go!

Being the 2nd largest city in Europe with over 12 million people, you’re going to have your dangerous areas, but for the most part, it feels safe walking around. Russia is statistically higher in crime compared to most of Europe, but this generally doesn’t apply to tourists and visitors. Around the Red Square and surrounding city center, you should feel completely safe walking around. Pick pocketing can happen, but no more than other touristic places. I always explore Moscow freely without coming across too much to worry about. It’s a spread out city, though, so of course it matters where you are. Just use basic street smarts, know where you are and Moscow shouldn’t give you a problem. 

People’s Reaction Score: 7

Moscow is fast paced, big city life, which usually means people aren’t too concerned with you, or your camera. I don’t find people notice or pay much attention to me when I’m out taking photos in Moscow. For the most part, people just go about their day. You shouldn’t get too many looks or concern. But it can depend on the area you are in. The more you stick out, the more you might get noticed with suspicions. I’ve never had any problems in Moscow, or Russia, but just be careful who you’re taking a photo of if you get out of the city center. Other than that, it’s about average for reactions. 

Street Tips:

Learn the alphabet .

Much of Moscow, including the metro system, doesn’t use english. The Russian alphabet uses letters from the Cyrillic script, which if you aren’t familiar with it and don’t know the sounds, can be hard to decipher the words. This is most important for street names and metro stops when trying to get around. It can save confusion and make it easier getting around if you learn the basic alphabet. At the very least then, you can sound out the words to see which are similar in the english conversion, which can help matching them to maps. When out shooting street photography, getting around is as important as anything. So save yourself some time and frustration by learning the Russian Alphabet.

Use the metro

While Saint-Petersburg feels very walkable for a city its size, Moscow can feel very spread out, even for its bigger size. Outside of the Red Square area, you can have plenty of walking before getting anywhere very interesting, so you’ll need to take the metro a lot if you really want to explore the city. Maps are deceiving here too, it will always be further than it looks.

Another reason it’s less walkable than Saint-Petersburg is its completely different set-up. Moscow’s streets are mostly contstructed in rings with narrow, winding streets in-between. This is common with medieval city cities that used to be confined by walls, but you usually don’t have it in a city this massive. Saint-Petersburg has a more grid-like pattern that also uses the canals to help you know your way around. When it comes to navigating on foot in Moscow, it can be more difficult, so bring a map and take the metro when needed. It’s why Moscow’s metro carries more passengers per day than the London and Paris subways combined.

Explore other areas if you have time

Moscow is really big. While most people stay around the Red Square within the Boulevard Ring, there’s so much more to the city. I covered some other spots outside of this circle, but if you really want to see the city, you’ll need time. If you do have time, some other areas I’d check out first are Zamoskvarechye, along some of the south and western Moscow.

Inspiration:

For some more inspiration, you can look through the Street Photography of Moscow photographer Artem Zhitenev  and check out 33 of my photos taken in Moscow .

Conclusion:

Moscow’s name brings a certain mystique, but once you’re there it might bring a different atmosphere than you expect. It’s big and sprawling, but beautiful in many ways. It can feel like a European capital on a grand scale, but you can definitely find its Russian side in there.

The urban sprawl of Moscow can be intimidating, but give it enough time and you’ll be rewarded with plenty to discover. All with the world’s best metro system to take you around.

I hope this guide can help you start to experience some of what Moscow contains. So grab your camera and capture all that Moscow has to offer for Street Photography!

If you still have any questions about shooting in Moscow, feel free to comment below or email me!

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Making Moves: Lauren Coughlin Continues to Climb Rolex Rankings

Bunched leaderboard means a hollywood ending in store at wilshire.

• Lauren Coughlin
• chevron-championship
• Brooke Henderson
• solheim-cup

Lauren Coughlin came up just short in The Woodlands, Texas, missing out on her first LPGA Tour win after finishing three shots behind two-time major champion Nelly Korda in a tie for third with Brooke Henderson. But she jumped 43 spots in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings from No. 94 to No. 51, the highest ranking of her career. 

Coughlin has competed on the LPGA Tour since 2018 and made her 11th appearance in an LPGA Tour major championship last week at The Club at Carlton Woods. The American made the cut in just two of her 10 previous major starts before last week, finishing T15 and T16, respectively, in the 2023 and 2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

The LPGA Tour veteran has played solidly the past few weeks and is beginning to see her hard work pay off. Leading up to The Chevron Championship, she made it to the weekend in six of her seven starts this season, most notably finishing a tie for eighth at the Ford Championship presented by KCC in March.

"It's cool to see all of the work that I've put in, especially with my putting and my short game, and putting specifically showed off this week," said the 31-year-old. "I know my stats have never said that I was a very good putter, but I didn't feel as bad as what they said. I really struggled with speed control, and about eight weeks ago, my former assistant coach, Brian Bailey, gave me this drill to do. He's been trying to get me to do it for years, and I finally listened."

The University of Virginia alum's emotions were high following her career-best finish on the LPGA Tour, and she knows what that solid finish means in a Solheim Cup year.

" I hope I can use it as momentum. Solheim is my main goal this year,” said Coughlin, a Charlottesville, Va. native. “It's an hour up the road from my house where I live in Virginia. Not only getting to represent my country, but my state would mean a lot. That's what I'm focusing on, really trying to work on for this year."

With her second top 10 of the season, Coughlin has been steadily climbing in the U.S. Solheim Cup Team point standings . With her tie for third in Texas, she jumps from 13th to ninth in the U.S. Team rankings and moves from 41st to 12th in the Race to the CME Globe standings. She also currently ranks fifth on the Official Money List with $555,956 earned this season.

Brooke Henderson On the Rise

Brooke Henderson carded a final-round 72 in Texas and came three shots short of matching Nelly Korda's four-day total of 13-under. But the Canadian’s T3 finish pushed her up seven spots to No. 5 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, the first time she’s been in the top five since September 2022.

The two-time major champion has made eight cuts in eight starts this season, earning four top-10 results in addition to her tie for third in Texas. She earned a third-place finish at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, a tie for ninth at the Honda LPGA Thailand, a tie for third at the HSBC Women's World Championship and a tie for ninth at the T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards.

The Canadian has competed on the LPGA Tour for nine seasons, capturing 13 wins and 78 career top-10 finishes, and making nearly $13 million in career earnings. But her success last week could be a breakthrough moment that propels her up a couple of notches, one that could see her back in the winner's circle for the first time since the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.

“It's great to be contending and in the final group. It's so much fun,” said the 26-year-old. “The crowds were amazing all week, and just to be in it and to feel that kind of adrenaline and excitement is really awesome. Hopefully, I can keep moving forward. My game is right there. Just need a couple of breaks and fine-tune a few things, and hopefully, I'll be able to lift a trophy soon.” 

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The Race for the Card continues as the Epson Tour tees it up in the Golden State for the first event in a three-week stretch out West, with players vying for 500 points as they pursue their LPGA Tour cards.

Valery Plata remains atop the standings with 577 points after capturing her first Epson Tour win at Florida's Natural Charity Classic. Epson Tour rookie Briana Chacon went from unranked to a tie for second with Jessica Peng after her victory at the Atlantic Beach Classic, each having 500 points. Ana Belac is currently in fourth with 430 points, while Kim Kaufman rounds out the top five, moving from No. 11 to No. 5 with 404.667 points after finishing in a tie for second at Atlantic Beach Country Club.

After a month-long break, Miranda Wang is set to defend her title at the IOA Championship presented by Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Beaumont, Calif. The People's Republic of China native has only competed in two events so far this season and is currently ranked No. 63 in the Race for the Card standings. But she’ll still be looking for a repeat performance this week at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon.

The 25-year-old captured her lone Epson Tour victory as a rookie in 2023, winning by one shot over Natasha Andrea Oon at the IOA Championship, and earned three additional top-10 results, ultimately finishing 15th on the Official Money List, five spots shy of earning LPGA Tour status for the 2024 season.

The  Race for the Card  is a season-long points competition in which Epson Tour members accumulate points in every official Epson Tour tournament. The ultimate goal is to finish in the top 15 in the point standings to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2025 season. The point-based system, which is new on the Epson Tour this season, replaces the money-based system and will award points to those who make the cut weekly.

The 2024 season will also be the first year that Epson Tour athletes will vie for 15 LPGA Tour cards. They will be awarded after the season-ending Epson Tour Championship in Indian Wells, Calif., this fall.

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