Nelly Korda

Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, in which she has won three times. She played on the 2019 Solheim Cup.

Nelly Korda
Korda in 2019
Personal information
Born (1998-07-28) July 28, 1998
Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality United States
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeNone
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2016)
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Ladies European Tour1
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT2: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT3: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT10: 2018
Women's British OpenT9: 2019
Evian ChampionshipT25: 2019

Amateur career

Korda was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup. As an amateur, she won the 2015 Harter Hall Invitational, the 2015 PING Invitational, and was a 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American. She also made the cut at the 2013 U.S. Women's Open.[1]

Professional career

Korda began her pro career in 2016 on the Symetra Tour, where she won her first pro event at the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge after shooting rounds of 68-67-69-66 for a 3 stroke victory over Wichanee Meechai. She ended the season 9th on the money list, thus earning her LPGA Tour card for 2017.[2]

On October 28, 2018, Korda won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship in Taoyuan, Taiwan for her first LPGA Tour title.[3] This win made her and her sister Jessica Korda the third pair of sisters to win in LPGA history, joining the Jutanugarn sisters, Moriya Jutanugarn and Ariya Jutanugarn, along with Charlotta and Annika Sörenstam.[4][5]

After settling for runner-up at the CME Group Tour Championship and solo 3rd at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, Korda won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on February 17, 2019.[6] In doing so, she completed a "Family Slam" in Australia. Her father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open singles in tennis. Her older sister, Jessica Korda, won the Women's Australian Open in 2012 and her younger brother, Sebastian, won the 2018 Australian Open junior boys in tennis.[7] The Australian Open win represented Korda's 4th top-5 finish in her most recent 5 LPGA starts.[6] Thanks to this victory, Korda broke into the top 10 for the first time in the February 18, 2019 release of the Women's World Golf Rankings, moving up to 9th from 16th the week before, and becoming the second highest ranked American in the world, surpassed only by 5th ranked Lexi Thompson.[8]

On September 22, 2019, Korda shot a 4-under-par 67 in blustery conditions and won the Lacoste Ladies Open de France by eight shots.[9] On November 3, 2019, Korda defended her title at the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA in a playoff over Caroline Masson and Minjee Lee.

Personal life

Korda is the daughter of retired Czech professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová.[10] Her father is a tennis grand slam champion who won the 1998 Australian Open crown. Her younger brother, Sebastian, won the 2018 Australian Open tennis title in the boys' division. Her sister Jessica Korda also plays on the LPGA Tour. Between 2018 and beginning of 2019 she dated Australian tennis player Jordan Thompson. Since the end of 2019 she is dating Canadian hockey player Andreas Athanasiou.

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Oct 28, 2018 Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship 67-71-69-68=275 −13 2 strokes Minjee Lee 330,000
2 Feb 17, 2019 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open 71-66-67-67=271 −17 2 strokes Ko Jin-young 195,000
3 Nov 3, 2019 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA (2) 66-67-65-72=270 −18 Playoff Minjee Lee, Caroline Masson 330,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Minjee Lee
Caroline Masson		 Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2020 ANA Inspiration Brooke Henderson
Mirim Lee		 Lee won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share (€)
1Sep 22, 2019Lacoste Ladies Open de France68-64-70-67=269−158 strokes Céline Boutier48,750

Symetra Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Sep 4, 2016 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge 68-67-69-66=270 −14 3 strokes Wichanee Meechai 31,500

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.

Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration CUT CUT T42 T13 T52 T2
U.S. Women's Open T64 T59 T44 T10 T39 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T20 T40 T3 WD
The Evian Championship CUT T61 T25 NT
Women's British Open CUT T42 T9 T14
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration01011264
U.S. Women's Open00001165
Women's PGA Championship00111243
The Evian Championship00000132
Women's British Open00001243
Totals0112482317

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nd3rdTop
10s		Best
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2017 23 19 0 0 0 5 T5 442,068 47 70.61 27
2018 22 18 1 2 0 7 1 1,055,046 13 70.62 22
2019 20 19 2 1 3 12 1 1,665,546 5 69.64 4
2020 12 10 0 1 1 4 T2 575,894 14 70.27 7
  • official as of 2020 season[11]

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2016341[12]
201773[13]
201823[14]
20193[15]
20204[16]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–1 3.5 87.5
2019 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. C. Hedwall 2 up 2–0–0 won w/ J. Korda 6&4
won w/ J. Korda 6&5		 0–0–1 halved w/ B. Altomare 3.5 87.5

References
  1. "Nelly Korda Bio". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. "N. Korda earns LPGA card via Symetra Tour". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  3. "Nelly Korda Wins Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan for First LPGA Title". LPGA. October 28, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. "Moriya Jutanugarn wins LPGA L.A. tourney for first tour win". ESPN. Associated Press. April 23, 2018.
  5. "Nelly and Jessica Korda become third sister duo to win LPGA titles". The Golf News Net. October 28, 2018.
  6. Bethel, Elizabeth (February 20, 2019). "Nelly Korda: What was in her bag at the Women's Australian Open?". ForeGals.
  7. "Nelly Korda wins Women's Australian Open 2019: Final results, leaderboard". Cleveland.com. February 17, 2019.
  8. Mell, Randall (February 18, 2019). "Nelly passes big sis Jessica Korda in world rankings". Golf Channel.
  9. Mell, Randall (September 22, 2019). "N. Korda wins her first LET title at Ladies French Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  10. Andrews, Malika. "Korda Sisters Share a Bond, if Not a Room, at the U.S. Women's Open". New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  11. "Nelly Korda stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  12. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
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