The world No. 1, trying to capture women’s golf’s most prestigious event for the first time, fired a 67 in Round 2, the low score of the day.

Nelly Korda fell just short of her first U.S. Women’s Open title a year ago. She came up second to Maja Stark in a finish that was painfully appropriate for her inexplicably…

For Korda, a U.S. Women’s Open title is the one that would shine among the three majors and 18 LPGA Tour victories already on her resume.