From Nelly Korda to Lydia Ko's record chase, storylines to watch at KPMG - ESPN

The LPGA Tour is hitting the meat of its schedule with three major championships taking place in the next six weeks, starting with the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, which tees off Thursday at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Frisco, Texas.

South Korea's Amy Yang is the defending champion.

It's the last major championship that will be played in the U.S. this season. The Amundi Evian Championship will be played in France on July 10-13, followed by the AIG Women's Open in Wales on July 31-Aug. 3.

Here are some of the storylines to watch in Frisco this week:

A year ago, world No. 1 golfer Nelly Korda had already won six times before the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, including her second major victory at the Chevron Championship. She collected seven wins in 2024 after finishing first in The Annika in November.

This season, she's still searching for her first victory. She hasn't played poorly, finishing in the top 10 in four of her nine starts and tying for second in last month's U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.

«Yeah, it's golf,» Korda said. «Every year is just so different. Last year coming into this event, I had [six] wins. I think even Hannah Green had multiple wins under her belt too coming into this event.

»It's just golf. You kind of just have to ride the wave, and the competition is getting better and better every year. To win once, to win twice, it's really good."

There hasn't been a repeat winner in 15 LPGA Tour events this season, and Japan's Mao Siago and Sweden's Maja Stark were first-time major champions at the Chevron Championship and U.S. Women's Open, respectively.

Korda was in the mix in the U.S. Women's Open until the very end, finishing 5-under 283, two strokes behind Stark. Korda led the