There are many parts of Nelly Korda’s game to be impressed by. The 25-year-old became the third LPGA Tour player to win five tournaments in a row when she won the 2024 Chevron Championship. The only other two players to have done it are Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez. So while basically everything Korda does on the golf course is worth copying, this article will focus on just one aspect of her game: Full-swing wedges.
We talked to Dr. Alison Curdt, a Golf Digest Top 50 Teacher in America, about this full wedge Korda hit at the Chevron.
“The key to precise wedge play is not in speed and power, but finesse and tempo. In Nelly’s swing you’ll see a consistent tempo that is smooth and seamless from backswing-transition-downswing-finish,” Curdt explains.
A common mistake amateurs make here is trying to hit their wedge hard, or far. This leads to mishits.
