LPGA: Nelly Korda overcomes canine chunk, prepared for one more main

Nelly Korda has had a whirlwind of a season that has included six wins, with 5 coming consecutively. That additionally features a victory on the Chevron Championship—the season’s first main. But she has two missed cuts to her identify, too: on the U.S. Women’s Open and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Add a canine chunk to all of that, as properly.

A canine jumped up and bit Korda within the thigh whereas in a espresso store in Seattle, the place Sahalee Golf Club welcomed the most effective feminine gamers on this planet for this yr’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Because of the incident, she needed to withdraw from the Ladies European Tour’s Aramco Team Series occasion in London.

But now she is prepared for the Amundi Evian Championship in France after spending a few weeks together with her household.

“It was good for all of us to be collectively,” Korda stated.

“The final time we have been collectively was November final yr, so it is actually healthful attending to spend time with household and recharge my batteries by doing that.”

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Korda arrives on the Evian Resort feeling refreshed—a course the place she has had loads of success however has but to snag a victory. She tied for ninth on the Amundi Evian Championship in 2023 and completed in a tie for eighth the yr earlier than. Korda additionally completed T-19 in 2021.

“I feel the actually huge phrase this week is endurance. You can hit a very good shot and get a very unhealthy bounce, and you’ll hit a nasty shot and get a very good bounce. So it’s actually vital to be affected person out right here this week,” Korda defined.

“It positively took me a few years to determine it out. The most vital factor is to not get too forward of your self and never get too pissed off with the unhealthy bounces.”

When Korda first performed within the Evian in 2017, she missed the minimize. The following yr, she tied for 61st after which tied for twenty fifth in 2019. But that was earlier than she ascended to the highest of the game, the place she at the moment resides.

And but, even the most effective gamers wrestle with this recreation, as Korda did at Lancaster Country Club and Sahalee over the previous two months. It’s not typically that you simply see the most effective participant on this planet make a ten on a par-3, both.

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“I feel I’ve gone by means of each emotion potential on the golf course this season, and it is solely July. You know, I really like this recreation. I really like the unhealthy. I really like the great,” Korda stated.

“The unhealthy makes you respect the great, and that’s simply how it’s. It’s sports activities. If you care so deeply about it, you’ll simply undergo the wave of the curler coaster. I’ve an excellent staff and wonderful household that maintain me grounded and maintain my perspective constructive. They all carry me up even once I’m down, they usually be sure that all of us keep very, very grounded and really, very humble as a result of typically you will get slightly too forward of your self.

“But the sport humbles you sufficient itself, which I discovered an excellent deal lately. That’s what I really like about it. Even if I’m not enjoying properly, I’ll exit and provides it 100%, work tougher, and do the identical factor. I’m actually fortunate to have the assist system I’ve, and it’s the rationale I’m nonetheless right here.”

One may argue that Korda has probably the most stunning golf swing on the planet. But her sharp psychological acumen and extremely constructive outlook are additional the explanation why she is at the moment the most effective participant on this planet.

That, coupled with the truth that she arrives on the Evian well-rested, has to steer you to consider that she will likely be part of the story in France as soon as extra.

Either method, this occasion will function an appetizer for what’s to return on the Olympics subsequent month. Korda already has a gold medal shining proudly in her workplace. Perhaps she will be able to win one other one, too. But her focus is squarely on the Evian, accurately.

“I have a tendency simply to attempt to give attention to what’s proper in entrance of me. I’ve by no means been to Paris. I’ve flown by means of Paris, so I’m additionally excited to see Paris and perhaps be a little bit of a vacationer if I’ve time,” Korda stated.

“But when the week comes, I do know I’m going to be so excited. I’m positively going to look at the blokes on the ultimate day, root for the U.S., and get to look at the blokes that I grew up idolizing and watching each day on TV.”

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be certain to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.