Korda, who played in the final group in Round 3, made four bogeys and no birdies over her opening nine holes. She dropped five shots off the pace but rallied late in the day, making birdies on Nos. 14, 15 and 18. The final putt, from 6 feet, hit the right edge of the cup and spun all the way around before dropping.

Hull is a notoriously fast player, and as Thompson admitted, she doesn’t match that tempo. But Thompson saying that their group was never put on the clock means that even if she was slower than Hull, her pace didn’t affect the group’s ability to keep up with the group ahead of them.

Nelly Korda found her stroke at Erin Hills, sinking 100 feet of putts in what she called her best U.S. Open round.

Seeing such an important tournament take place at a classic venue was already enough reason to be hyped for the event, but on Tuesday the U.S. Women’s Open announced the feature