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Nelly Korda

United States
United States
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Nelly Korda

United States
United States
World Ranking
1
Age
25
Turned Pro
2017
Hometown
Bradenton, Fla.
Height
5 ft 10 in

Bio

KPMG Women's PGA Champion: 2021

Korda started playing golf at an early age, joined sister Jessica Korda on the LPGA Tour in 2017.

LPGA Tour Victories (14 win, 2 major)

  • 2024 Drive On LPGA Championship, FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship, Ford Championship presented by KCC, T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards, The Chevron Championship, Mizuho Americas Open
  • 2022 Pelican Women's Championship
  • 2021 Gainbridge LPGA, Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, KPMG Women's PGA Championship, Pelican Women's Championship
  • 2019 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA presented by CTBC
  • 2018 Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship presented by CTBC

Solheim Cup (3)

  • 2019, 2021, 2023

International Crown (1)

  • 2023

Olympics (1)

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympics (1st - Gold Medalist)

2023 in a Nutshell

  • 18 events, 16 cuts made, $1,397,796 (20)
  • Recorded nine top-10 finishes including a season-best runner-up result at the HSBC Women's World Championship
  • Member of the United States Team at the International Crown
  • Represented the United States during the Solheim Cup

Career Highlights

2022:

  • 15 events, 13 cuts made, $1,418,725 (12)
  • Recorded eight top-10 finishes including wins at the Pelican Women's Championship

2021:

  • 17 events, 16 cuts made, $2,382,198 (2)
  • Recorded 10 top-10 finishes including wins at the Gainbrdge LPGA, Meijer LPGA Classic, KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the Pelican Women's Championship
  • Member of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team
  • Represented the United States in the Tokyo Olympics and earned the Gold Medal

2020:

  • 12 events, 10 cuts made, $575,894 (14)
  • Earned a season-best finish of T2 at the ANA Inspiration which was also her career-best in a major
  • Tied her career-low round (63) in the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

2019:

  • 20 events, 19 cuts made, $1,665,546 (5)
  • Had a career-best 12 top-10 finishes which included two victories
  • Crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings with a T3 finish at the CME Group Tour Championship
  • Member of the U.S. Solheim Cup team, posting a 3-0-1 record

2018:

  • 22 events, 18 cuts made, $1,055,046 (13)
  • Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship presented by CTBC and crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings
  • Had seven top-10 finishes, including her win and runner-up finishes at the HSBC Women's World Championship and CME Group Tour Championship

2017:

  • 23 events, 19 cuts made, $442,068 (47)
  • As a 2017 rookie, had five top-1o finishes including four additional top-20 finishes in 23 starts
  • Ranked second on Tour in eagles (12), third on Tour in Par-5 Scoring Averages (4.59) and finished third in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings (599 points)

2016:

  • Won the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge and finished ninth on the Volvik Race for the Card Epson Tour money list to earn LPGA Tour status in her first year as a professional
  • Recorded seven top-10 finishes including a T6 at the Epson Tour Championship to finish in the top 10.
  • Qualified for the U.S. Women's Open in 2016

Amateur Highlights

  • Qualified for the U.S Women's Open in 2013
  • Won the 2015 Harder Hall Women's Invitational as a 17-year-old

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