Nelly Korda won the Chevron Championship on Sunday with a performance worthy of her return to No 1 in women's golf. Staked to a five-shot lead at the start, Korda was efficient as ever and no one could get closer than four shots all afternoon at Memorial Park. She closed with a two-under 70 for a five-shot victory to capture the third major of her career. The victory was her 17th on the LPGA and 21st worldwide, and it was enough for the 27-year-old American star to move back to the top of the women's world ranking for the first time since August. Korda not only won wire-to-wire, it was never really a contest. She hit five-iron to five feet for birdie on her 16th hole of the opening round Thursday to take the lead and never trailed again. As easy as Korda made it look, it felt like a struggle. “That was a hard weekend,” she said. “Honestly, having that big of a lead, it’s not easy. It was definitely one of the hardest things I’ve had to do mentally. ...…