Jessica Korda
Name:
Jessica Regina KordaAlso known as:
JessCountry:
USABorn:
Feb 27, 1993 in Bradenton, Florida.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer.Turned Pro:
2010Curtis Cup player (2010). Solheim Cup player (2013, '19, '21; selected for 2017 team but could not play due to injury). Multiple wins on the LPGA Tour.
Jessica Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová. Her younger sister Nelly also plays on the LPGA Tour, while younger brother Sebastian is a professional tennis player.
Jessica enjoyed an excellent amateur golf career, representing the USA in the 2009 Junior Solheim Cup and 2010 Curtis Cup teams. She was runner-up to fellow American Danielle Kang in the 2010 US Women's Open championship.
The 2012 Women's Australian Open marked Jessica's first win as a professional golfer; she prevailed with a birdie at the second hole of a six-person playoff. Further LPGA Tour wins followed in the United States and Asia, as well as multiple Solheim Cup appearances. To date Jessica has recorded top ten finishes in all five of the the women's major championships, without, as yet, winning one.
America
Diamond Resorts
Played as the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by IOA (Insurance Office of America) (Jan 21-24; LPGA Tr season opener). Jessica Korda (USA) beat Danielle Kang (USA) with a 25-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. Jessica's younger sister Nelly Korda finished 2 shots back in third place. [Tranquilo course, Four Seasons G&SC, Orlando, FL].
Asia
Honda
Played as the Honda LPGA Thailand (Feb 22-25; co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour). Second-placed Lexi Thompson (USA) and Moriya Jutanugarn (Thai) finished 4 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Jessica Korda (USA), who recorded her fifth LPGA Tour win. [Old course, Siam CC, Pattaya].
Asia
Sime Darby
Played as the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia (Oct 8-11; LPGA Tour event). Second-placed Lydia Ko (NZ), Stacy Lewis (USA) and defending champion Shanshan Feng (China) finished 5 shots behind Jessica Korda (USA), who recorded her fourth LPGA Tour win. [East course, TPC Kuala Lumpur, KL, Malaysia; at the time known as Kuala Lumpur G&CC].
America
Airbus
Played as the Airbus LPGA Classic presented by JTBC Info (May 22-25; formerly Mobile Bay LPGA Classic). Second-placed Anna Nordqvist (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Jessica Korda (USA). [Crossings course, RTJ Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove, Mobile, AL].
America
Pure Silk
Played as the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic (Jan 23-26; LPGA Tour season opener). Second-placed Stacy Lewis (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jessica Korda (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Ocean Club, Paradise Island, New Providence, Bahamas].
Aus/NZ
ISPS Handa
Played as the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open (Feb 9-12; ALPG/LET/LPGA Trs event; first year as an LPGA Tour event; LPGA Tour season opener). Jessica Korda (USA) recorded her first professional win beating Julieta Granada (Para), Stacy Lewis (USA), Brittany Lincicome (USA), So Yeon Ryu (S Kor) and Hee Kyung Seo (S Kor) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. All six parred the first playoff hole. [Composite of East & West courses, Royal Melbourne GC, Victoria, Aus].
The Masters: The 88th Masters Tournament at Augusta National sees LIV golfer Jon Rahm defend his title against the world’s best. Pressing hard will be world No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler and world No.2 Rory McIlroy (April 11-14).
Chevron Championship: the women’s major championship season gets underway for the second year at its new Carlton Woods home outside Houston, Texas. World No.2 Lilia Vu defends (April 18-21).
Nelly Korda: records a perfect start to 2024 with five wins out of her last five starts on the LPGA Tour. Winning the Chevron Championship also brought the second major championship win of her career.
Scottie Scheffler: narrowly missed out on matching Nelly Korda's five wins in five starts, when he placed second at the Houston Open. Either side of that, he won The Arnold Palmer, The Players, and then The Masters and The Heritage.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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