Charley Hull and Lottie Woad target Korda at Women's PGA Championship
The KPMG Women's PGA Championship arrives with a clear British angle as Charley Hull and Lottie Woad look to challenge world No. 1 Nelly Korda and end England's long major wait.
Daniel Fletcher
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The KPMG Women's PGA Championship arrives with a clear British angle as Charley Hull and Lottie Woad try to challenge world No. 1 Nelly Korda, who continues to set the standard in the women's game.
Hull's major wait
Hull comes into the championship off the back of another near-miss at a major, and the wider narrative is hard to ignore: it has been three decades since Laura Davies last won this event for England. A British victory here would carry real significance for the home game.
Woad's rise
Woad's emergence adds a second strand to the British story, with her ascent feeding hopes that women's golf in the country is on the cusp of a fresh major breakthrough. Together, she and Hull represent the best chance of disrupting Korda's dominance.
What happens next
Korda remains the player to beat, and overturning the world No. 1 across four rounds is a tall order. But with two in-form British contenders in the field, the championship offers an intriguing test of whether English golf can finally end its long wait for this title.
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