Nelly Korda feels she has had ‘nine lives’ on LPGA Tour in 2024 after winning streak, missed cuts and injury
Nelly Korda has “rushed her rehab” from neck injury in order to play at The ANNIKA and season-ending CME Tour Group Championship; world No 1 has learned to enjoy life after dramatic swings in form in 2024; American played alongside basketball superstar Caitlin Clark in pro-am on Wednesday
World No 1 Nelly Korda feels she has had “nine lives” in 2024 after a year including five consecutive victories, three successive missed cuts and painful migraines.
Korda was in flawless form over the first four months of the season with a five-event winning streak culminating in the American claiming a second major of her carer at the Chevron Championship in April, before she earned a sixth success in seven starts at the Mizuho Americas Open in May.
However, the 26-year-old then failed to make the weekend of the next two majors, with an 80 at the US Women’s Open including a septuple-bogey 10 on the par-three 12th, and then an 81 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Korda has not played since September due to a neck injury and revealed ahead of her return event – The ANNIKA in her native Florida, live on Sky Sports from Thursday – that she suffered from migraines during Team USA’s Solheim Cup victory over Europe in Virginia as well as the week after.
The Rolex Player of the Year told reporters on Wednesday, after playing alongside basketball star Caitlin Clark in the pro-am: “The only time it was not hurting was sleep and being in a dark room and I think it led to my [neck] injury.
