Korda won her fifth consecutive event at last year's Chevron. The difference this year, she said, is that the putts aren't falling.

Nelly Korda’s defense of her Chevron Championship title got off to such a rough start that the world’s top-ranked golfer is in serious danger of missing the cut in the LPGA’s first major of the year.

The LPGA's major championship season kicks off this week in Houston for the annual Chevron Championship. It's offering a $9 million purse, with $1.2 million to the winner. The purse has been bumped up $100,