by LISA D. MICKEY
Nelly Korda looks to take her strong season
start to Kingsmill this spring
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he’s the kid sister to five-time
LPGA Tour winner Jessica Korda,
but Nelly Korda is the one who
has the hot start in 2019.
The third-year LPGA pro
hopes to carry that momentum
into late spring when the LPGA
arrives at Kingsmill Resort for the Pure
Silk Championship.
Posting five top-10 finishes in her first five starts,
including a win at the 2019 ISPS Handa Women’s
Australian Open in February, Nelly and her older
sibling tied for second at the Bank of Hope Found-
ers Cup in Arizona—one shot behind winner Jin
Young Ko.
Nelly was hoping for her second win of the sea-
son at the Arizona event. And battling back from
a forearm injury to play in her first tournament
of the year, Jessica was testing both her physical
strength and mental mettle to see if she was back
to competitive form.
“She’s one up on me this year, so I’ve got to put my
butt in gear,” joked Jessica following her late-March
tie for runner-up honors with her sister in Phoenix.
Jessica, who is 5½ years older than Nelly, admit-
ted that “it sucked not to be out there” playing
tournaments during the first three months of the
season, but she added that she was proud of her
younger sibling’s growing strength as one of the
top American players.
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