Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won 14 times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

[7][8] After settling for runner-up at the CME Group Tour Championship and solo 3rd at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, Korda won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on February 17, 2019.

On February 28, 2021, Korda won the Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida.

[14] On June 27, 2021, Korda won her first major at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, by a narrow margin of 9.36 to 9.34 average points per event played.

Korda shot a final round 69 and won in a playoff over Lexi Thompson, Lydia Ko and Kim Sei-young.

[21] Recovering on the 18th with a birdie that tied her with her playing partner, and then-leader Lexi Thompson, who then bogeyed the 18th, requiring the four-way playoff starting on the 18th hole.

[26] On January 3, 2022, Korda surpassed Stacy Lewis record for consecutive weeks as number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings for an American.

On March 13, she announced that she had a blood clot in her arm, so she would not compete in the Chevron Championship, the year's first major.

In November, Korda successfully defended her title at the Pelican Women's Championship, her first win in 2022, and returned her to the top of the world ranking.

[38] On July 16, she won the Aramco Team Series at the Centurion Club near London; it was her 13th tournament victory and her third on the Ladies European Tour.

Trailing by three strokes after the 16th hole in the final round, Korda hit an eagle-birdie finish to force a playoff with Lydia Ko.

[43] Korda continued her incredible start to the year with a fifth consecutive victory, and her second major title, at the 2024 Chevron Championship, scoring a 275 (−13, 68-69-69-69) beating Sweden's Maja Stark by two strokes.

Only Annika Sörenstam (2004–2005) and Nancy Lopez (1978) had won five consecutive starts before Korda became the third LPGA player to achieve the feat.

[44] She withdrew from the next tournament, the JM Eagle LA Championship, the day after her fifth consecutive victory,[45] wanting to rest up and not be worn out mentally.

[48][49][50] Korda clinched the LPGA Tour Player of the Year award with three tournament remaining on the schedule, claimed seven victories and three additional top-10 finishes.

Her younger brother, Sebastian, won the 2018 Australian Open tennis title in the boys' division.