Nelly Korda, fourth consecutive LPGA victory

Unstoppable. Nelly Korda clinched her fourth consecutive victory on the LPGA Tour in 2024, celebrating her twelfth profession win (together with a Main, the Ladies’s PGA Championship 2021) on the highest American ladies’s circuit, solidifying her place on the high of the world rankings.

The Olympic gold medalist on the Tokyo Olympics, on the Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada, dominated the T-Cell Match Play by defeating Irish golfer Leona Maguire within the last.

Nelly Korda, outcomes

From stroke play tournaments to match play ones, the American is the present dominant power in ladies’s golf.

The 25-year-old from Bradenton, Florida, swept all her matches in Las Vegas, defeating Angel Yin (3&2) within the quarterfinals, Narin An (4&3) within the semifinals, and decisively, Maguire (4&3) within the last. It had been since 2008 (with Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa) {that a} participant hadn’t gained 4 consecutive tournaments on the LPGA Tour.

She grew to become the primary American since 1978 (Nancy Lopez) to realize this feat, and with this victory, she surpassed the $1,000,000 mark in earnings for a single season, bringing her profession earnings to $10,000,000. Nelly Korda, born on July 28, 1998, is an American skilled golfer famend for her achievements on the LPGA Tour.

With 12 victories to her identify, she has ascended to the highest spot within the Ladies’s World Golf Rankings. Notably, Korda secured the Olympic gold medal on the ladies’s particular person golf occasion in the course of the 2020 Summer time Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Along with her particular person successes, Korda has shared the stage together with her sister Jessica Korda in representing america on the 2019 and 2021 Solheim Cups. She additionally competed independently on the 2023 Solheim Cup.

Throughout her beginner profession, Korda showcased her expertise and potential. She was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup staff. Notable victories embody the 2015 More durable Corridor Invitational and the 2015 PING Invitational. Korda was acknowledged as a 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American.

Her early prowess was evident when she made the lower on the 2013 U.S. Ladies’s Open, an achievement achieved only one month earlier than her fifteenth birthday.