The Year of the Kordas just keeps getting better. On the same weekend Sebastian Korda advanced to the finals of the Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Nelly Korda came back from a devastating triple-bogey on the 71st hole to win the Pelican Women’s Championship in a playoff against three of the world’s best players in Lydia Ko, Sei Young Kim and Lexi Thompson.
At this week’s CME Group Tour Championship, where the winner takes a season-high $1.5 million prize, Nelly has the chance to put a bow on the most dominant season by an American in nearly a decade. She’s the first American player to amass four LPGA titles in a single season since Stacy Lewis in 2012. The last time an American woman won five times in a single season was Juli Inkster in 1999.
Here are five things to note about the World No. 1:
