Nelly Korda isn’t focused on what a win on Sunday afternoon in New Jersey would mean.
Korda, the top-ranked women’s golfer in the world, will go for a sixth win in as many starts this week at the Cognizant Founders Cup. That would set an LPGA Tour record.
Korda has won five straight times on Tour, which is something only two other players in history have accomplished. Her fifth win, a two-shot victory at the Chevron Championship last month, marked the second major championship win of her career. Annika Sorenstam was the last Tour player to win five times in five starts back during the 2004-05 season.
Korda’s first win during the historic stretch came at the LPGA Drive On Championship in January. She then won three times in as many weeks, and then had just a week off before her win at the Chevron Championship in Houston. She was going to compete in the JM Eagle LA Championship immediately after the major, but she withdrew.
Korda struggled last season in the same event at Upper Montclair Country Club. She missed the cut at last year’s tournament, and then missed the cut the following week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in New Jersey.
