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Nelly Korda and Jessica Korda have joked around that both are defending this week at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club. Jessica won last year’s Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (previously the Diamond Resort at Tranquilo Golf Course), and soon after, Nelly won the Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona.
When asked how she felt about her game coming into this week, Jessica, who got married in December, said, “About the same as every year that I start. I have no idea. I work hard in the off-season. I haven’t really played a ton. I definitely enjoyed the break and my body needed it, so I just tried to start out with less expectations and try to just put one foot in front of the other.”
That Sunday in Orlando proved the highest point of Jessica’s year on tour, especially with Nelly playing alongside her on Sunday at Tranquilo. But for Nelly, the victory at Nona was just the start of a break-out season that included a major, an Olympic gold medal, and the No. 1 ranking.
“Obviously, I’m hungrier for more,” Nelly told Golf Channel on Tuesday, “but in a sense of focusing just on that No. 1 spot, I’m not too focused on that. I mean, rankings come and go. Someone is probably going to have a better year or play well and you’re going to lose that ranking.”
Among the highlights of Nelly’s remarkable season was playing alongside her father, Petr, in the PNC Championship and meeting Tiger Woods for the first time.
“I didn’t know I was being recorded,” said Nelly of a video taken of her and Woods. “I look like such a fangirl, and then it blew up. It went viral. So it was really funny.”
It got better the next day when Woods, her childhood idol, used her Butter Putter tool on the practice green. Nelly told her caddie: “Do not wash that.”
Speaking of greats, Jessica will compete alongside Annika Sorenstam for the first time on Thursday at Lake Nona. Sorenstam is competing in the celebrity division for a second straight year. Last year,
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