2024 KPMG Women's PGA Championship: Pro-Am Player Bio Cards

Nelly Korda 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Champion

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS ● As an amateur, qualified for the US Women’s Open in 2013 ● Gold Medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for team U.S.A

BIRTHPLACE : Bradenton, FL RESIDENCE:

● Won the Lacoste Ladies Open de France by eight shots. On November 3, 2019, Korda defended her title at the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA in a playoff over Caroline Masson and Minjee Lee ● Member of the victorious 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup Team ● Played on the 2019, 2021, & 2023 Solheim Cup Teams ● Won the 2015 Harder Hall Women’s Invitational as a 17-year-old ● Has already won 6 tournaments in 2024, including: ○ The Chevron Championship ○ T-Mobile Matchplay ○ Ford Championship ○ FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship ○ LPGA Drive On Championship ○ Mizuho Americas Open PERSONAL ● One of three sister duos on the LPGA Tour, with sister Jessica ● Parents, Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova, were both international tennis stars ● If she didn’t play golf, she would have trained to become a lawyer ● Her brother, Sebastian, is a professional tennis player ● Hobbies include tennis and ice hockey

Bradenton, FL TURNED PRO : 2017 CAREER VICTORIES: 19 (2 Majors)

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