Nelly Korda | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Bradenton, Florida, U.S.[2] | July 28, 1998||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
Residence | Bradenton, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||||||
College | None | ||||||||||||||
Turned professional | 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2017) | ||||||||||||||
Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour (joined 2016) | ||||||||||||||
Professional wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
LPGA Tour | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Ladies European Tour | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Epson Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Other | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) | |||||||||||||||
Chevron Championship | Won: 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 2021 | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | T8: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Women's British Open | T2: 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Evian Championship | T8: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won 14 times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She represented the United States at the 2019 Solheim Cup, 2021 Solheim Cup, 2023 Solheim Cup and won the 2024 Solheim Cup.