Who is Nelly Korda ?
Nelly Korda is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women’s World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women’s individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
What golf clubs does Nelly Korda play with?
Nelly has the latest Titleist T100 series irons in her bag from 5-iron down to pitching wedge and then carries three Titleist Vokey SM8 wedges. She rounds out her bag with a Scotty Cameron Special Select Squareback 2 putter and the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball.
Korda is from a renowned sporting family. Her father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open (tennis) and her mother, Regina, is also an ex-professional tennis player. Both represented Czechoslovakia.
The American has two siblings. Her sister, Jessica (opens in new tab), is also a multiple-time LPGA Tour winner and her brother, Sebastian, is a professional tennis player who is currently ranked in the top 100 in the world.
Korda started playing golf seriously when she was six years old. She would frequently have lessons three-to-four times a week.
While growing up, Korda would often spend her summers in the Czech Republic with her family.
The American’s hobbies include tennis and ice hockey and her favourite team is the LA Kings.
Korda enjoyed an extremely successful amateur career and was part of the winning 2015 Junior Solheim Cup team.
In 2013, a week before her 15th birthday, Korda made the cut at the Women’s US Open.
Korda is currently dating Canadian ice hockey player, Andreas Athanasiou, and has been since late 2019.
After turning professional in 2016, Korda won her first event at the Sioux Falls Challenge. That season she finished ninth on the money list and earned her LPGA Tour card for 2017.
Both of the Korda sisters are Whoop ambassadors and have been since 2018.
Her best season to date came in 2021, when she won her first Major at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, took home the Gold Medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and got to World No. 1.
She has a host of sponsors, including J.Lindeberg, Richard Mille, Cisco, UKG and Whoop. Nelly Korda’s what’s in the bag is made up of mostly Titleist golf clubs.
