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Nelly Korda plays down hopes for LPGA Tour history bid after 'dream' Met Gala appearance

Nelly Korda can become the first player in LPGA Tour history to win six consecutive events with victory at the Cognizant Founders Cup; World No 1 attended a star-studded Met Gala in New York on Monday ahead of her LPGA Tour return

Wednesday 8 May 2024 18:18, UK

Nelly Korda insists she has hardly thought about the chance to make history by winning an unprecedented sixth straight event on the LPGA Tour.

The 25-year-old returns to action in this week's Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey having attended the Met Gala in New York on Monday, where she became the first golfer since Tiger Woods to attend the star-studded event.

Korda described attending the Met Gala - where celebrities from across sport, showbiz and fashion appear - as a "dream come true", but continues to appear somewhat reluctant to be pushed into the spotlight as the face of women's golf.

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"I'm just out here doing what I love and hopefully that's what grows the game naturally," Korda told reporters on Wednesday. "I'm not trying to push anything. I hope that people see me for who I am and I love this game and doing it naturally.

"At the end of the day I think if you perform well in your sport that's what grabs people's attention. I'm not the type of person that tries to push anything or does anything I'm not really comfortable with. So I hope that I just do it naturally and that catches people's attention."

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Speaking about the experience, Korda added: "It was so, so crazy. You're standing in line ready to get on the carpet and you're like seeing all these people you usually watch in TV shows or movies and they're like famous singers and you're star-struck the entire time.

"It's the best people watching for me. I was just silent looking at everyone's dresses. I would say like I saw Shakira and I just love Shakira. She's so beautiful. Then Jaden Smith was really, really nice. He was the first person to say hello to me and introduce himself. Everyone was really amazing."

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Korda claimed her second major title and fifth straight victory in the Chevron Championship last month, equalling the record set by Nancy Lopez in 1978 and matched by Annika Sorenstam (2004-05).

When asked whether she is confident of extending the winning streak this week, Korda said: "If I'm being honest, I have not thought about it at all because I've had so much going on these two weeks. On Monday I had The Met, so haven't had too much time to think about it.

"My track record hasn't been the greatest in New Jersey. Last year missed the cut and we played KPMG here last year too and that was a nice missed cut as well. I'm really just trying to keep it one shot at time, see how it goes.

"This golf course is tough. It's very, very narrow off the tee. The rough is very penalising. And it's wet this year, so it's even worse. So just not getting too ahead of myself and taking it a shot at a time. As boring as it sounds or as many times as you're going to hear me say it, that's the motto and I'm going to stick to it."

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Nelly Korda ties LPGA Tour record with 5th straight victory, wins Chevron Championship for 2nd major

Nelly Korda kisses the trophy while posing for photos after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda, left, holds up the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda celebrates after winning the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda jumps into the lake after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda smiles after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the third hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda high-fives young fans while celebrating her win at the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda tees off on the sixth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda watches her shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda poses with the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Lauren Coughlin hits from the first hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Brooke Henderson, of Canada, hits a bunker shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Lauren Coughlin watches her shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda couldn’t have imagined the incredible run she’s put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.

“Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health,” she said. “Competing was kind of on the back seat. I was not thinking about competing at all. But I think all of the sad times and the health scares that I have gone through have made me who I am today.”

Fully healthy now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world’s No. 1 player hasn’t lost a tournament since January, and now she’s a two-time major champion.

Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship.

Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women’s PGA Championship.

“It’s been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here,” she said.

Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-and-down birdie for a two-shot victory.

She had a four-day total of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.

Korda nearly aced the par-3 17th , with her tee shot hitting the hole and hopping in the air before settling within 10 feet. She settled for par to maintain her two-shot lead.

Korda wowed the large crowd, which followed her throughout the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 10th hole to take a four-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her club above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the hole.

Her parents — former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova — beamed as she was presented with the trophy.

Nelly Korda smiles after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

“She had a difficult ’22 and ’23 in certain ways,” Petr Korda said. “She did not win a tournament in ’23 and some things probably made her humble and (she) put a lot of work into where she is right now. Without the work and commitment, she would not be here. So seeing that, I’m very happy.”

Korda’s older sister, Jessica, is a six-time LPGA winner who’s taking a break from golf after giving birth to her first child.

Korda took home $1.2 million from a purse of $7.9 million, a significant increase from last year’s purse of $5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $2,424,216 and her career earnings to $11,361,489.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie’s Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda became the second to do it in Texas by doing a cannonball off a small dock into brown-tinged water. World No. 2 Lilia Vu was first to jump into the pond here after her win last season. Vu withdrew from this year’s tournament before the first round after experiencing “severe discomfort” in her back during warmups.

While still shivering from her post-win plunge Sunday, Korda confirmed she’ll be competing in the JM Eagle LA Championship next week in Los Angeles. She was then asked about the possibility of becoming the first to ever win six straight LPGA tournaments.

“I’m going to enjoy this right now and then I’ll think about that,” she said. “But yeah, it’s been an amazing time. Hopefully keep the streak alive. But I’ve been so grateful to compete week in and week out and get the five in a row, too.”

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on a similar tear, on his way to a fourth victory in five starts until rain interrupted the final round of the RBC Heritage . He couldn’t help but check in on Korda.

“I actually was checking the scores this afternoon when we were in the rain delay,” he said. “I’m extremely happy for her and proud of her. That’s some pretty special stuff. It’s been a treat to watch.”

Korda entered the last round one shot off the lead after completing the last seven holes of the weather-delayed third round early Sunday morning on a windy and unseasonably cool day. She was wiped out after her big win because she’d been up since 4 a.m. to prepare for the end of the third round.

She birdied two of her first four holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get within two strokes, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes put her four behind. She shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for third with Brooke Henderson.

Coughlin got emotional when discussing her best finish in a major.

“It’s really cool to see all of the work that I’ve put in, especially with my putting and my short game, and putting specifically showed off this week, as well,” she said.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start the last round after she shot a 64 in the third round to set a scoring record for the tournament since its move from Mission Hills, California, to Texas last year. But the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, also faltered early in the final round, with a bogey and a double bogey in the first four holes.

Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the final round leading Korda by one. But the 2023 Rookie of the Year bogeyed the first two holes of the fourth round. She closed with a 74 and finished fifth.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Jasmine Koo provided an unlikely highlight on the 18th hole. Her second shot bounced off the advertising board in the water and back into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

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History of Women’s Professional Golf

Posted on March 7, 2018

The participation of women in golf is continually growing to new heights each year. There were approximately 5.8 million women who play golf, according to a 2017 National Golf Foundation report. Involvement of women in golf has continued to increase over the past few years. Women and golf have a long history together dating back to the 1500s. Let’s explore the history of women in golf and the advancement of professional women’s golf.

Mary, Queen of Scots

The first recorded golf tournament for women only occurred on January 9th, 1811. The tournament was held in the town at Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland for local fisherman’s wives of Musselburgh and Fisherrow, a neighboring town. The event was organized by the Musselburgh Golf Club and took place on their eighteen hole pitch and putt course. The prize for the winner was a creel and a shawl, with the runner up receiving two handkerchiefs from Barcelona.

In 1843 the St Andrews Golf Club was formed in Scotland. Later in 1867 the very first women’s golf club was formed, which was initially formed as The Ladies Club of St Andrews. The club later became known as the St Andrews Ladies Putting Club and is currently known as The Ladies Putting Club of St Andrews. After initial struggles to gain members the club grew to 500 members after its first 19 years. Madeleine Boothby, a wife to a member of the R&A, was the first president of the club. In 1868 at the golf course Westward Ho!, in south-east England, there was a specially built 18-hole ladies course. Local English women played a tournament after three months of the course opening.

One of the earliest golf clubs to form within the United States was the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club located in Southampton, New York in 1891. The club allowed women to play and after growing popularity built a 9-hole course for women. The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club would be host to the 6th U.S. Women’s Amateur in 1900, won by Frances Griscom. The first U.S. Women’s Amateur was held at the Meadow Brook Club in Hempstead, New York in 1895, won by Lucy Barnes Brown. Prior to the U.S. Women’s Amateur the very first women’s golf tournament held in the United States took place in 1894 on the 7-hole course in Morristown, New Jersey.

Issette Miller

In 1932 the inaugural Curtis Cup match was played in England at the Wentworth Club. The competition is between amateur women golfers and puts a team representing the United States against a team representing both England and Ireland, similar to the Walker Cup for amateur men golfers. The Americans took home the first Curtis Cup and the event has been played biennially since. The Cup was presented by Harriot and Margaret Curtis, who had won the U.S. Women’s Amateur four times collectively.

Helen Hicks

After being denied amateur status in golf, former Olympian, Babe Zaharias competed in the 1938 Los Angeles Open, which was a PGA event. Zaharias was the first to attempt to play in a professional men’s tournament, which wouldn’t be tried again for almost another six decades. Unfortunately after the initial two rounds Zaharias failed to make the cut. Along with making golf history at the tournament Babe made her own personal history as she was paired with George Zaharias, whom she would marry eleven months later. Babe Zaharias would go on to become one of America’s first female golf sensation and major player in the 40s and 50s.

Babe Zaharias

Patty Berg was another sensational female golfer of the time. Berg won several major tournaments and became the first female golfer to have her own golf clubs. Wilson Sporting Goods produced a line of Patty Berg Cup Defender golf clubs in 1941. In 1946 Berg became the first champion of the U.S. Women’s Open, which took place at Spokane Country Club in Seattle, Washington. The first U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship was held in 1949 with Marlene Bauer emerging victorious at 15 years old, she would turn pro later that year.

By 1952 the LPGA increased its number of events to 21 and established the Vare Trophy to be awarded to the player with the lowest scoring average at the end of the season. The Vare Trophy derives its name to honor Glenna Collett-Vare who was a stellar amateur golfer in the 1920s and 30s, winning a number of women’s amateur titles along with being part of the first Curtis Cup. In 1959 the LPGA forms its Teaching Division, which later in 1992 became the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Division, and the prize fund reached the $200,000 mark that year.

Mickey Wright & Kathy Whitworth

The LPGA first gained national television coverage during the 1963 U.S. Women’s Open Championship final round. In 1967 the LPGA Hall of Fame, which was established in 1951, finally had a physical premise in Augusta, Georgia. Its inaugural members were Betty Jameson, Louise Suggs, Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias. The LPGA Hall of Fame was eventually merged together with the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998. At the end of the 1960s the prize money upon the LPGA Tour grew to $600,000 with 34 scheduled events.

In 1970 JoAnne Carner joins the LPGA Tour at 30 years old and wins 23 of her 43 career wins within the decade. Carner is the only woman to have claimed the U.S. Girls’ Junior, U.S. Women’s Amateur, and U.S. Women’s Open championships, becoming the first golfer to win three different U.S.G.A. events. In 1972, the first LPGA tournament with a six-figure prize money is added to the LPGA Tour, the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winners Circle which had an $110,000 purse. The following year Mickey Wright would win that tournament to claim her 82nd LPGA Tour victory, a record at the time which would later be surpassed by Kathy Whitworth’s 88th win in 1985.

The first commissioner of the LPGA was hired in 1975, Ray Volpe, and he moved the headquarters to New York, established a Board of Directors and selected a player council. In 1976 Judy Rankin becomes the first player on the LPGA Tour to earn over $100,000 in a single season, banking a total of $150,734 in winnings. Two years later, in 1978, rookie Nancy Lopez has a stellar start to her LPGA career winning 9 tournaments, 5 of them consecutively, and earning both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors. The annual prize money for the LPGA Tour reaches $4.4 million by 1979.

Kathy Whitworth becomes the first female golfer to reach $1 million in career earnings in 1981. In 1985, Kathy Whitworth achieves a feat not match by any other golfer, male or female, by winning her 88th LPGA tournament at the United Virginia Bank Classic. The most wins on either the PGA or LPGA Tour. The 1980’s saw the emergence of rising stars Beth Daniel, Betsy King and Patty Sheehan. In 1986, Pat Bradley nearly achieves the single season grand slam after winning three of the four LPGA major championships but finishing 5th at the U.S. Women’s Open. Bradley was awarded the Player of the Year and Vare Trophy that year. In 1989, the LPGA creates programs to reach youth by establishing the Girls Golf Club and the Urban Youth Golf Program.

Juli Inkster

There was growth and development programs which emerged in 1991 to help encourage women’s participation in golf. The LPGA Foundation is created to encourage the growth of the game within youth and support junior golf and offer scholarships for girls. Nancy Oliver founded the Executive Women’s Golf Association, EWGA, to boost golf within working women. There was also a Women in Golf Summit held for the first time in 1991, which was held to discuss participation of women in golf.

In 1992, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation becomes the first official charity of a professional golf association after partnering with the LPGA. By 1996 the LPGA gains television broadcasting for 26 of their 38 events. The annual prize fund reaches $25 million in 1996. That year Karrie Webb, in her rookie season, became the first woman golfer to reach over $1 million within a single season. Another milestone for women in golf is reached when the U.S.G.A. elected Judy Bell as their first woman president. In 1997 the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional division surpasses the 1,000 member mark. In 1999, Aree Wongluekiet at the age of 13 won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Golf Champion to become the youngest winner.

Michelle Wie

In 2002 Suzy Whaley won the Connecticut PGA Championship, a tournament in the Connecticut section of the PGA of America, becoming the first woman to win an individual PGA professional tournament. With the win Whaley qualified to play in a PGA Tour event, the 2003 Greater Hartford Open now the Travelers Championship, becoming the first woman in 58 years to do so. Her qualifying for the tournament caused controversy as she played from forward tees in her qualifying tournament which prompted the PGA to introduce the “Whaley rule” which requires all entrants, male or female, to play from the same tees.

In 2003, Michelle Wie wins the U.S.G.A.’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship at the record young age of 13. The following year Wie became the youngest golfer to qualifier for an LPGA event at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. In 2004 Wie became the fourth and youngest woman to play in a PGA Tour event, the Sony Open in Hawaii, however she missed the cut. In 2006 another young star from Hawaii, Kimberly Kim, won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship at a record 14 years old. The youth trend continues in 2007 as Morgan Pressel sets a record at the time for youngest female golfer to win an LPGA major at the Kraft Nabisco Championship at the age of 18. That same year Lexi Thompson made her debut as the youngest qualifier of the U.S. Women’s Open at 12 years old, but she failed to make the cut. One of the most famous and prestigious golf courses, the Old Course at St Andrews, hosts their first professional women’s tournament, the 2007 Women’s British Open.

In 2011 Mariel Galdiano becomes the youngest golfer to make the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open at 13 years old. That year Lexi Thompson won the Navistar Tournament to become the youngest woman to win an LPGA tournament at 16 years old. Thompson is also granted an exemption and given full-time status on the LPGA tour, waiving the 18 year old requirement. In 2012 a 14 year old Lydia Ko wins the New South Wales Open to become the youngest player to win a professional golf tournament. Later that year Ko would set a record for youngest winner of an LPGA tournament at the CN Canadian Open at the age of 15. By 2013 the LPGA again waived its 18 year old requirement to allow Lydia Ko full time LPGA Tour status at 16 years old.

Michelle Wie won her first career major tournament at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open. The record for youngest qualifier for the U.S. Women’s Open is broken by Lucy Li at the age of 11 years old. In 2014 the LPGA introduces the International Crown Tournament, which featured the top four golfers from the top eight qualifying countries competing in a match play team format. Spain won the inaugural biennial tournament. At the 2015 RICOH Women’s British Open Inbee Park earned her fourth women’s major tournament to earn her Career Grand Slam. In 2015, at age 17, Brooke Henderson wins the Cambia Portland Classic to join Lexi Thompson and Lydia Ko as the only golfers to win an LPGA Tour event under the age of 18.

In 2016 Ko began strong by winning the first major championship that year at the ANA Inspiration, her second consecutive major making her the youngest two-time major champion. Brooke Henderson would claim her first major championship at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Another first-time major winner, Brittany Lang, was crowned at the U.S. Women’s Open. Ariya Jutanugarn became the first golfer, female or male, from Thailand to win a major at the Ricoh Women’s British Open and ascended to the World No. 1 spot the next year in June 2017. Jutanugarn would earn the Money winner and Player of the Year honors for 2016. Chun In-gee shot the lowest winning score, 21 under par, in a major tournament at the final major of 2016 at the Evian Championship to capture her second major. In-gee earned the Rookie of the Year distinction.

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Header Image Sources: “Mary Queen of Scots Golfing” from National Library of Scotland & “Early LPGA Group Photo” from South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame

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Nelly Korda takes Chevron, ties LPGA mark with 5th win in row

Nelly Korda lifts her second major trophy and becomes the third player in LPGA Tour history to win in five straight starts. (0:29)

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Nelly Korda couldn't have imagined the incredible run she's put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.

"Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health," she said. "Competing was kind of on the back seat. I was not thinking about competing at all. But I think all of the sad times and the health scares that I have gone through have made me who I am today."

Fully healthy now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world's No. 1 player hasn't lost a tournament since January, and now she's a two-time major champion.

Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a 2-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship.

Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women's PGA Championship.

"It's been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here," she said.

Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within 1. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-and-down birdie.

She had a four-day total of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.

Korda nearly aced the par-3 17th, with her tee shot hitting the hole and hopping in the air before settling within 10 feet. She settled for par to maintain her 2-shot lead.

Korda wowed the large crowd, which followed her throughout the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 10th hole to take a 4-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her club above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the hole.

Her parents -- former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova -- beamed as she was presented with the trophy.

"She had a difficult '22 and '23 in certain ways," Petr Korda said. "She did not win a tournament in '23 and some things probably made her humble and [she] put a lot of work into where she is right now. Without the work and commitment, she would not be here. So seeing that, I'm very happy."

Korda's older sister, Jessica, is a six-time LPGA winner who's taking a break from golf after giving birth to her first child.

Korda took home $1.2 million from a purse of $7.9 million, a significant increase from last year's purse of $5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $2,424,216 and her career earnings to $11,361,489.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie's Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda became the second to do it in Texas by doing a cannonball off a small dock into brown-tinged water. World No. 2 Lilia Vu was first to jump into the pond here after her win last season. Vu withdrew from this year's tournament before the first round after experiencing "severe discomfort" in her back during warmups.

While still shivering from her post-win plunge Sunday, Korda confirmed she'll be competing in the JM Eagle LA Championship next week in Los Angeles. She was then asked about the possibility of becoming the first to ever win six straight LPGA tournaments.

"I'm going to enjoy this right now and then I'll think about that," she said. "But yeah, it's been an amazing time. Hopefully keep the streak alive. But I've been so grateful to compete week in and week out and get the five in a row, too."

Sorenstam, speaking to Golf Channel later Sunday, commended Korda for the accomplishment.

"So proud of her to win five in a row and to make a major her fifth," she said. "It's great for women's golf. I'm super happy for her. It's hard to win once on tour, and then twice, so to do it five times is a really hard thing to do. I'm just so proud of her and happy for her."

Asked what advice she'd give Korda as she chases a record sixth win in L.A., Sorenstam added: "Just keep going. It really doesn't matter what you've done in the past. You just have to start over and keep going. ... The hardest part isn't so much physically, it's mentally."

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on a similar tear, on his way to a fourth victory in five starts until rain interrupted the final round of the RBC Heritage. He couldn't help but check in on Korda.

"I actually was checking the scores this afternoon when we were in the rain delay," he said. "I'm extremely happy for her and proud of her. That's some pretty special stuff. It's been a treat to watch."

Korda entered the last round 1 shot off the lead after completing the last seven holes of the weather-delayed third round early Sunday morning on a windy and unseasonably cool day. She was wiped out after her big win because she'd been up since 4 a.m. to prepare for the end of the third round.

She birdied two of her first four holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get within 2 strokes, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes put her 4 behind. She shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for third with Brooke Henderson.

Coughlin got emotional when discussing her best finish in a major.

"It's really cool to see all of the work that I've put in, especially with my putting and my short game, and putting specifically showed off this week, as well," she said.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start the last round after she shot a 64 in the third round to set a scoring record for the tournament since its move from Mission Hills, California, to Texas last year. But the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, also faltered early in the final round, with a bogey and a double-bogey in the first four holes.

Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the final round leading Korda by 1. But the 2023 Rookie of the Year bogeyed the first two holes of the fourth round. She closed with a 74 and finished fifth.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Jasmine Koo provided an unlikely highlight on the 18th hole. Her second shot bounced off the advertising board in the water and back into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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Golf is not a game conducive to streaks, with so much changing week to week, hole to hole, even shot to shot. Which is what makes the precipice Jin Young Ko stood on all the more impressive.

Heading into this week’s BMW Ladies Championship, the World No. 2 had carded 14 consecutive scores in the 60s, matching the LPGA marks of Annika Sorenstam (2005) and So Yeon Ryu (2016-17) for most in tour history.

“Of course, that's not my sole goal. When I go on course, I focus on myself. But I think that it helps you as a player to have some motivating factors,” Ko said ahead of the opening round on Thursday at LPGA International Busan in Busan, South Korea. “I will be happy to break a record and make a new record. I think it's really important for me to focus and concentrate on my game and also enjoy the game. And I think that at the end of the day, the records will be determined by how I play on the course and what kind of attitude I have.

“So the pressure is there, but I think that I can keep the pressure in check. And I also think that having that ambition, I guess, to break records and that desire is also what drives players in general to be better.”

Unfortunately for Ko, the streak came to an end Thursday when she shot a one-under 71. Yet her performance in matching Sorenstam and Ryu’s all-time records got us thinking: Where does her feat stand against other streaks in golf?

So, went back through the history books to look at record streaks in pro golf and came up with, in our humble opinion, a list of the most impressive:

Most consecutive years with a win

Kathy Whitworth pulled off this remarkable stretch on the LPGA for 17 straight years, with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer doing the same for the men.

Jack Nicklaus’ Open Championship streak

The Golden Bear finished no worse than T-6 for 15 straight years at the Open Championship, with three wins and six runners-up in that span.

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Most bogey-free holes

Jin Young Ko is no stranger to streaks. In 2019, she bested Tiger Woods’ mark of 110 holes without a bogey by going 114 holes, a stretch that saw Ko win the Canadian Women's Open.

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Byron Nelson’s win streak

Arguably the most famous streak in the sport, Nelson won 11 straight PGA Tour events from March to August in 1945—including the PGA Championship, the only major played that year. The streak eventually ended with a T-4 finish at the Memphis Invitational.

Nelson’s other streak

That would be 65 straight events finishing inside the top 10, a stretch that spanned over four years.

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Most consecutive under-par rounds

Lydia Ko and Annika Sorenstam share this record at 29 consecutive rounds under par. On the PGA Tour the record is owned, perhaps surprisingly, by Tim Petrovic at 26 rounds.

A very familiar winner

Here’s another impressive accomplishment by Sorenstam: She had holds the record for most consecutive years winning the same tournament, having been the champion of the Mizuno Classic five straight times from 2001-2005. The PGA Tour record is four, accomplished by Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and Tiger Woods (twice).

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The ultimate fairway finder

For 10 consecutive years on the PGA Tour (1981-1990), Calvin Peete was the leader in driving accuracy. In his best year, 1983, he hit 1,029 of 1,217 fairways, for a driving percentage of 84.55 percent, the best on record. (While we're here, Mo Martin once led the LPGA by hitting 88 percent of fairways.) 

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Weeks at World No. 1

Tiger Woods holds the record for most consecutive weeks as World No. 1 at 281. He’s also second on the list at 264 weeks. In a distant third is Greg Norman at 96 weeks.

Tiger’s cut streak

Tiger’s cut streak at 142 tournaments is well-known. Just as impressive: Woods beat the field average in 89 straight events.

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Most consecutive birdies in a round

Nine, shared by Mark Calcavecchia and Kevin Chappell. Calcavecchia accomplished his feat at the 2009 Canadian Open, with Chappell matching it in 2019 on the way to a 59 at the Greenbrier Classic.

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas – There’s a portable heater on the dais now at the 2024 Chevron Championship, hidden behind a vase of flowers, and Nelly Korda was grateful for the warmth.

After a storm system rolled through The Woodlands on Saturday, suspending Round 3 and dropping 1.52 inches of rain, temperatures plummeted into the low 50s, and the wind kicked up for the resumption of play. It was an early wakeup call for the 7 a.m. local start time on Sunday, and everyone on the leaderboard grinded down a demanding final stretch at the Club at Carlton Woods.

Korda, who looks to become only the third player in LPGA history to win five consecutive starts, trails by one going into the final round, with her 12:36 p.m. ET tee time coming roughly two hours after she completed her third. Hae Ran Ryu, last year’s Louise Suggs Rolex LPGA Rookie of the Year, holds the lead at 11 under after making birdie on three of her last six holes on Ssaturday to shoot 67. Ryu began Sunday morning in a share of fifth.

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Korda, meanwhile, held on with a long string of pars to card a 69 and sit tied at 10 under with Brooke Henderson. While Korda had seven holes left to play this morning, Henderson needed only to finish the par-5 18th. Henderson parred the last to shoot a course-record 64 and put herself in the mix for a third career major title.

“So different, oh, my gosh,” said Korda. “The first three days we were sweating so much, and today I was freezing out there. Pars went a long way. Made some good up-and-downs. Overall played pretty well. The golf course is just playing so different right now. It’s quite tough in this weather.

“The wind is out of a complete different direction, too, so the holes that I would probably hit 3-wood on or maybe take advantage of, I had 6-irons in instead of short irons. Completely different.”

A trio of players are tied for fourth at 8 under, including Maja Stark, Jin Hee Im and Atthaya Thitikul, who began the morning with the solo lead at 11 under. Thitikul bogeyed the three toughest holes in the third round – Nos. 14-16 – to card an even-par 72. Last year’s Vare Trophy winner injured her thumb after the LPGA season and was forced to take several months off from competition. The Chevron marks her first start to the season.

Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) and Nancy Lopez (1978) are the only two players in LPGA history to win five consecutive starts. Korda’s in prime position to make it an elite trio.

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KPMG Performance Insights Behind the Leaderboard: Nelly Korda Making History

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• Nelly Korda

In winning her second career major at The Chevron Championship last month, Nelly Korda became the third player in LPGA Tour history to win in five consecutive starts, joining legends Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam. Only Tiger Woods (three times) has accomplished this feat since 1950 on the PGA Tour.

Korda’s brilliant run has cemented her place at the top of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. The gap in average points per event between the top spot (12.18) and number two Lilia Vu (6.42) is currently larger than the one between Vu and the 150th-ranked player (0.78). Korda is the first American player to win five tournaments in an LPGA season since Juli Inkster in 1999, and she did it all before the beginning of May.

How has Korda’s game gone from excellent to historically dominant? KPMG Performance Insights , which provides the most comprehensive performance data ever available in women’s professional golf, offers a look at the empirical reasons fueling Korda’s sprint to the top of the sport.

Elite Approach Play

The biggest reason for Korda’s uptick in results has come from more precise iron play. It’s not that she’s been a poor approach player in the past. In both 2022 and 2023, she was well above average, gaining about two-tenths of a stroke per round each season. That was good enough to rank 58th and 56th among qualified players.

Korda has gone from good to outstanding in this facet of the game in 2024. She’s averaging more than four times as many strokes gained with her approach play this season at +0.90 per round. Last season, Korda had positive strokes gained approach in 56 percent of her overall rounds played. This season, that rate is up to 67 percent.

The LPGA Tour green-in-regulation rate this season following a hit fairway is 73.5%. When Nelly is in the fairway, she goes on to hit the green 83.7% of the time. Her advantage over her peers following a missed fairway is even more significant. Following a missed fairway on a par 4 or 5, Korda is finding the putting surface in regulation at a 61.5% clip. Her peers are doing that just 48.5% of the time.

Korda is especially lethal this season with her scoring clubs. From 100 to 125 yards away, she hits the ball on average two feet closer to the hole than her competition. Overall, her average proximity has improved by more than a foot and a half from all distances compared to last season. This has given her buckets full of birdie opportunities, which she has converted 34.4% of the time in 2024 – the fourth-highest rate of any player.

Balanced Brilliance

Korda has long been one of the game’s premier drivers of the golf ball. She led the LPGA Tour in strokes gained off the tee in 2022 and has followed that up with top-10 rankings in 2023 (sixth) and 2024 (second). Total driving is a traditional metric that combines a player’s rankings in average distance and accuracy off the tee. From 2018 through 2023, Korda never finished a season outside the top 10 in that statistic.

Coupling excellent performance off the tee with elite iron play is a rare occurrence, even for the best players in the world. Korda is one of just two players who currently ranks in the top 15 on the LPGA Tour in both strokes gained off the tee and strokes gained approach (Haeran Ryu is the other).

But Korda isn’t only excellent in those two phases of her game. Statistically, she’s the best player around the greens on the LPGA Tour in 2024, as well. Nelly is gaining 0.84 strokes around the green per round this season, the most of any player. Her average of 2.33 strokes gained tee-to-green per round is more than half a stroke better than any other player – larger than the gap between No. 2 (Megan Khang) and No. 11 (Carlota Ciganda) in that metric.

She Can Get Even Better

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this stretch is that Korda has the potential to improve on what she’s been doing during her historic win streak. Among qualified players this season, Korda has one of the lowest putt-make percentages from five to 10 feet on the LPGA Tour. The overall make rate from that range this season is 56.7%. Nelly is making 40.4% of her putts from that distance.

This speaks to just how fantastic Korda has been as a ball striker in 2024. Korda puts herself in so many advantageous positions with her drives, approach shots and chips that she is able to easily overcome a missed putt here or there. And despite the relative struggles from five to 10 feet, Korda is still gaining nearly half a stroke per round on the greens this year (+0.49), almost doubling her average from a season ago (+0.26).

Probability and Perspective

When a player is putting together a historic streak like the one Korda is on, it can be easy to lose sight of a simple fact: winning a golf tournament is extremely difficult.

KPMG Performance Insights has introduced AI-powered predictive analytics this season on the LPGA Tour, providing broadcasters with pre-tournament and live probabilities of player results and other key numbers like the projected cut line. Those insights tell us that entering each of the last four events Korda has won, she had between an 8 and 10.1% probability of going on to victory.

The varying tournament conditions and course setups during Korda’s streak add another layer to its brilliance. All five wins came in different states, with putting surfaces ranging from Poa annua to Bermuda. Each tournament had a different player finishing runner-up. Looking at the sheer length of time it has lasted, compare it to another major sport. Her streak started on NFL Championship Sunday and has lasted through the completion of the NFL Draft several months later.

Golf fans are witnessing history this season, and KPMG Performance Insights aid in telling the story behind Nelly Korda’s incredible play.

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Tune in to watch as the LPGA Tour returns to the New Jersey Turnpike this week for the Cognizant Founders Cup, hosted by Upper Montclair Country Club. The 144-player field competes for a $3 million purse and is highlighted by eight of the Rolex Women’s Golf World Rankings top 10, including World No. 1 Nelly Korda.

• Apr 26, 2022

LPGA Legends Will Return to Twin Cities in August for Land O'Lakes Legends Classic

Updated: May 18, 2022

(Prior Lake, Minn. – April 26, 2022) – The Legends of the LPGA, a tour comprised of some of the greatest names in the history of women’s golf age 45+, returns to the Twin Cities area for the 2nd Annual Land O’Lakes Legends Classic presented by The Meadows at Mystic Lake . The Legends of the LPGA is the official senior tour of the LPGA, showcasing the talents of 15 LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame members along with over 100 former LPGA Tour stars, 40 of whom are set to appear in the second installment of this 18-hole pro-am and 36-hole tournament to be staged August 12-14.

“The inaugural event in 2021 was a truly special celebration of women’s golf with the fans who came out to watch the Legends play,” said Michele Redman a four-time Legends champion with two wins on the LPGA Tour who co-owns the event with Jim Lehman, president of Medalist Management and former president of the Minnesota Golf Association. “It was a terrific field with Juli getting the win and so many of the LPGA’s best like Nancy (Lopez) and Rosie (Jones) competing. We’re thrilled to partner once again with Land O’Lakes and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to welcome an even stronger field to this year’s tournament in August and deliver another unforgettable golf experience to fans in the Twin Cities area.”

Three-time Solheim Cup Captain Juli Inkster , who won 31 times on the LPGA Tour and holds seven major championship titles, made last year’s Land O’Lakes Legends Classic her sixth win on the Legends of the LPGA since her Tour debut in 2015. Inkster will return to defend.

“We are delighted to sponsor the Land O’Lakes Legends Classic and honor the important 70+ year history of the LPGA, the greats of golf, and some friendly competition,” said Kim Olson, chief communications officer of Land O’Lakes, the tournament’s title sponsor based in nearby Arden Hills, Minnesota. “As a Minnesota-based farmer cooperative, we’re thankful for the opportunity to partner with Michele Redman, Jim Lehman and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to bring this exciting event to life in our own backyard.”

Nancy Lopez , a 48-time LPGA Tour champion who remains the only LPGA player to have earned Player of the Year honors in her rookie season, is slated to tee it up once again on The Meadows at Mystic Lake, a challenging and scenic 18-hole golf course in Prior Lake, Minn. Additions to the field will be announced in the coming weeks.

“The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is excited to welcome back the Land O’Lakes Legends Classic to The Meadows at Mystic Lake for the second consecutive year,” said Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Chairman Keith Anderson. “Last year, we saw some of the best women golfers hit the greens and make lifelong memories at our award-winning golf course. We look forward to the return of LPGA legends and their fans to experience the stunning, yet challenging course at The Meadows at Mystic Lake this August.” The Meadows at Mystic Lake is just 25 minutes southwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

An 18-hole pro-am featuring teams of four amateurs and a Legend of the LPGA is set for Friday, August 12. To engage as a sponsor or partner or participate as an individual or foursome in the pro-am, please contact Jim Lehman at [email protected] .

Official tournament rounds of 18 holes each will follow on Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. Four top regional senior women amateurs and 40 Legends of the LPGA will round out the field of 44.

Tickets are $25 per day or $40 for a two-day pass and include free parking. Children 17 and under accompanied by a ticketed adult as well as active and retired military with ID will be granted free admission. For tickets, visit the tournament website or purchase at the main gate on tournament days. The event will follow health and safety protocols established by Tribal Public Health.

For more information about the Land O’Lakes Legends Classic including ticket purchases, parking information, volunteer opportunities and field updates, visit http://www.legendsclassicmn.com and follow the tournament on Instagram and Facebook at @legendsclassicmn.

About Land O’Lakes, Inc. Land O'Lakes, Inc., one of America's premier agribusiness and food companies, is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from agricultural production to consumer foods. With 2021 annual sales of $16 billion, Land O'Lakes is one of the nation's largest cooperatives, ranking 219 on the Fortune 500. Building on a legacy of more than 100 years of operation, Land O'Lakes today operates some of the most respected brands and businesses in agriculture and food production, including Land O’Lakes Dairy Foods, Purina Animal Nutrition, WinField United and Truterra, LLC. The company does business in all 50 states and more than 60 countries. Land O'Lakes, Inc. corporate headquarters are located in Arden Hills, Minn.

About the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is a federally recognized, sovereign Dakota tribal government located southwest of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Following a Dakota tradition of generosity, the SMSC is one of the top philanthropists in Minnesota and is the largest contributor to other tribal governments and causes across the country. It is a strong community partner and a leader in protecting and restoring natural resources. The SMSC’s government, Gaming Enterprise and various other enterprises are collectively the largest employer in Scott County and attract millions of visitors to the region.

About the Legends of the LPGA The Legends of the LPGA is the official senior tour of the LPGA providing competitive opportunities for LPGA Tour professionals and eligible amateurs, age 45 and over. The tour was founded in 2000 by twenty-five veteran LPGA Tour professionals with the goal of continuing to showcase the talents of some of the greatest women golfers of all time. Legends of the LPGA members, including 15 LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame members, have combined for over 750 LPGA Tour victories including eighty-four major championships. Legends of the LPGA has helped raise nearly $24 million for charity. For more information on the Legends of the LPGA, visit http://www.legendsofthelpga.com or follow the Legends on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @legendsofthelpga.

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CLIFTON, N.J. — Nelly Korda is going to have some work to do to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour title, especially the way Rose Zhang is playing.

Korda shot a relatively mistake-free 3-under 69 early in the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday and then could only watch as the 20-year-old Zhang tied tghe tournament record with a 63 in the afternoon to take the lead.