Hometown/Resides: Bradenton, Fla.
Birthdate: July 28, 1998; currently 20 years, 3 months and 0 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished ninth on the Volvik Race for the Card Epson Tour money list to earn LPGA Tour status for 2017
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2016/2017
VICTORIES
With her win, Korda becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
RACE TO CME GLOBE
Korda earns 500 points and moves into the top 20 in the standings with 1,557 points
MONEY
Korda earns $330,000; she has earned $821,606 this season and crossed the $1 million mark today with $1,263,674 for her career
PREVIOUS SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHES
2017 – T17
2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
19 events played, 15 cuts made, $821,606, one victory, five additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
Korda is the ninth Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA in 2018, tying the 2016 season for the third most Rolex First-Time Winners in a season in LPGA history
Korda becomes the eighth player from the United States to win on the LPGA in 2018, and the second consecutive American winner after Danielle Kang won last week’s Buick LPGA Shanghai
Nelly Korda and her older sister Jessica (five wins) are just the third set of sisters in LPGA history to both win titles, joining Annika Sorenstam (72 wins) and Charlotta Sorenstam (one win) who accomplished the feat in 2000, along with Ariya Jutanugarn (10 wins) and Moriya Jutanugarn (one win) who became the second set of sisters with LPGA wins earlier this season
Korda is the season’s second-youngest winner behind Nasa Hataoka (19 years, 5 months, 11 days) at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G
Korda is the 24th different winner on the LPGA in 2018
Korda finished third in the 2017 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings
Korda spent 2016 on the Epson Tour, where she recorded seven top-10 finishes, including a win at the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge and a T6 at the Epson Tour Championship
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