Nelly Korda is back representing Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and is looking to repeat as an Olympic Champion.
Korda, 26, took home a gold medal in the individual women’s golf tournament in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Korda is the daughter of 1990 Australian Open singles champion Petr Korda, and the younger sister of five-time LPGA Tour winner Jessica.
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Korda is a 14-time LGPA Tour winner herself, to go along with two major championships. She has earned $11,944,144 in her career, according to the LPGA website.
Korda broke out in 2021 with four tour wins, winning her first major at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Just over a month later, she won Gold in Tokyo and ended the LPGA tour season ranked first.
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In 2022, the Bradenton, Florida, native announced she had a blood clot in her arm. She returned to play later in the year and successfully defended her title at the Pelican Women’s Championship.
In 2023, Korda missed a chunk of the season with pain in her back, yet came out of the gates flying in 2024.
Korda opened the year with five consecutive victories, including her second major title at the Chevron Championship. Korda was just the third LPGA player to ever win five consecutive events. Only Annika Sörenstam (2004-2005) and Nancy Lopez (1978) were the others to do it.
In May, she continued her hot start by winning the Mizuho Americans Open to notch her sixth win in seven starts.
Korda’s pursuit of another gold medal will begin on Aug. 7 at Le Golf National.
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