Nelly Korda announced late Monday that she was withdrawing from the next two LPGA tournaments.
“Hey everyone, I wanted to share an update regarding my upcoming schedule. Unfortunately, I’ve had to withdraw from the LPGA events in Korea and Malaysia due to a minor neck injury I sustained while practicing,” she posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Korda most recently played the Kroger Queen City Championship, Sept. 19-22, when she tied for fifth the week after the Solheim Cup.
It’s been an eventful year for the world No. 1. She captured six titles in her first eight starts this season but has gone winless since mid-May. In June, she also withdrew from an event because of a dog bite.
Korda won six events overall, including five in a row. She recently won the LPGA’s Rolex Player of the Year Award for the first time, and then, in September, she helped the Americans defeat the Europeans in the Solheim Cup, another first for her. But it was not all roses for Korda in 2024. She faced trials and tribulations over the summer, missing the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, despite arriving at both events as the overwhelming favorite.
She attended The Met Gala in May—the only professional golfer in attendance—and then won at Liberty National across the Hudson River less than two weeks later.
Korda has also been featured heavily on television, appearing in a T-Mobile commercial that has aired regularly throughout the year.
She has become one of the most prominent female athletes in the country. Hence, this past weekend, on Nov. 2, Sports Illustrated announced that Korda would be featured in its 2025 Swimsuit Issue in an Instagram post
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