Amid Skyrocketed Expectations, LPGA Cover Girl Nelly Korda Admits to the Spark of Mixed Golf and Its Subsequent Results: “Bring In More Viewership”
LPGA’s Nelly Korda did not really live up to her star billing in the past two majors, suffering a missed cut in one followed by a T64 finish in another. This week, at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship, the 24-year-old will be hoping to turn things around and claim the second major title of her career.
Fans are hopeful of Korda’s chances, given her dominant victory at the recently concluded Aramco Team Series in London. The win had come hours after she witnessed the Wimbledon Quarter Final match between Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev at the iconic Centre Court. But Djokovic’s heroics aren’t the only thing that Korda took back from the grand slam event, as evidenced by her revelation at the press conference for the year’s fourth major. Let’s jump in to find out more!
In December of 2022, the QBE Shootout, a team-based unofficial event on the PGA Tour, saw the pair of Max Homa and Kevin Kisner take on Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy. Back then, Korda’s golfing chops grabbed eyeballs, with Kisner saying, “I think I called her the Tiger Woods of the LPGA Tour at one point.”
Responding to the praise showered upon her, Korda cheekily said, “They should watch more women’s golf.” Korda’s passion for bringing more attention to the women’s game was on display once again at the Evian Resort Golf Club on Wednesday.
