THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Nelly Korda couldn’t have imagined the incredible run she has put together this season — certainly not while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.
“Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health,” the 25-year-old American 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 No. 1 player in the Women’s World Golf Rankings 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 start with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship.
She joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Korda’s previous major victory was at the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship.