India, April 27 -- Nelly Korda stretched her lead to eight shots Saturday until missing a series of short putts that caused her to settle for a 2-under 70 and a five-shot lead in The Chevron Championship, the largest 54-hole lead of her career.

But the work is not over. Korda looked close to unbeatable for so long with another clinic controlling her irons on the heavily sloped greens of Memorial Park.

And then the gap began to shrink as her contenders did just enough to stay in range.

"I played really solid on the front and then just kind of ... not may have lost concentration, but the wind started picking up and then I just put myself into great positions (and) didn't kind of execute really well," Korda said.

The heat and humidity al...