Jessica Korda



































































Jessica Korda

2011 Women's British Open - Jessica Korda (2).jpg
Korda at the 2011 Women's British Open

Personal information
Born
(1993-02-27) February 27, 1993 (age 25)
Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality
 United States
 Czech Republic
Residence Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Career
College None
Turned professional 2010
Current tour(s)
LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 5
Best results in LPGA major championships

ANA Inspiration T4: 2018
Women's PGA C'ship T4: 2018
U.S. Women's Open T7: 2013
Women's British Open T5: 2014
Evian Championship T8: 2018

Jessica Korda (Czech: Jessica Kordová) (born February 27, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.




Contents






  • 1 Amateur career


  • 2 Professional career


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Professional wins (5)


    • 4.1 LPGA Tour wins (5)




  • 5 Results in LPGA majors


    • 5.1 Summary




  • 6 LPGA Tour career summary


  • 7 World ranking


  • 8 Team appearances


    • 8.1 Solheim Cup record




  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





Amateur career


Korda was a member of the 2009 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup and the 2010 U.S. Curtis Cup teams. As an amateur, she won the 2010 South Atlantic Amateur and made the cut at the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Women's Opens. Korda finished T19 in her U.S. Open debut in 2008 where she shot the only round in the 60s on Sunday, shooting a 69. She finished runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur.[1] She represented the Czech Republic in the World Amateur Team Championship Espirito Santo Trophy in 2006, and represented the United States in 2010, finishing tied for 4th.[2][3]


Korda entered LPGA Tour Qualifying School in the fall of 2010 as a 17-year-old. She finished runner-up in the final Qualifying Tournament, making her eligible for full membership on the Tour in 2011.



Professional career


Korda turned 18 during the second event of the 2011 season. She played in 15 events in her rookie year; her best finish was a tie for 19th at the Avnet LPGA Classic. Her first professional win was in the first event of the 2012 season, the Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. After rounds of 72-70-73-74,[4] her victory came on the second hole of a six-person playoff.[5]


Korda won her second LPGA Tour title at the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic in January 2014, finishing one shot ahead of Stacy Lewis.



Personal life


Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová.[6][7] Her father is a grand slam champion, winning the 1998 Australian Open crown. Her younger brother, Sebastian, won the 2018 Australian Open title in the boys' division.


Her personal and professional lives intersected at the 2013 U.S. Women's Open. During the third round of that event, she and caddy Jason Gilroyed had several disagreements, and she fired him after shooting 5-over-par for the first nine holes. She then called for her boyfriend, professional golfer Johnny DelPrete, to come in from the gallery and serve as her caddy for the rest of the round. Korda shot 1-under for the second nine, and she kept DelPrete on her bag for the final round.[8]


Her sister Nelly Korda joined her on the 2017 LPGA Tour after earning her card via the Symetra Tour.[9]



Professional wins (5)



LPGA Tour wins (5)































































No.
Date
Tournament
Winning score
To par
Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
Winner's
share ($)
1
Feb 12, 2012

Women's Australian Open
72-70-73-74=289
−3
Playoff

Paraguay Julieta Granada
United States Stacy Lewis
United States Brittany Lincicome
South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo
165,000
2
Jan 26, 2014

Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
69-66-72-66=273
−19
1 stroke

United States Stacy Lewis
195,000
3
May 25, 2014

Airbus LPGA Classic
67-67-69-65=268
−20
1 stroke

Sweden Anna Nordqvist
195,000
4
Oct 11, 2015

Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
69-67-65-65=266
−18
4 strokes

China Shanshan Feng
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Stacy Lewis
300,000
5
Feb 25, 2018

Honda LPGA Thailand
66-62-68-67=263
−25
4 strokes

Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
United States Lexi Thompson
240,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

















No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1
2012

Women's Australian Open

Paraguay Julieta Granada
United States Stacy Lewis
United States Brittany Lincicome
South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo
Won with birdie on second extra hole


Results in LPGA majors


Results not in chronological order before 2018.



















































































Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

ANA Inspiration
DNP
DNP
T67
DNP
CUT
T25
T24
CUT
CUT
T11
T4

U.S. Women's Open
T19
T26
CUT
T34
T39
T7
CUT
CUT
T17
T21
CUT

Women's PGA Championship
DNP
DNP
DNP
CUT
T55
T49
T40
CUT
CUT
T14
T4

Women's British Open
DNP
DNP
DNP
CUT
CUT
T25
T5
CUT
CUT
WD
T42

The Evian Championship ^

T37
71
CUT
T22
CUT
T8

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

T = tied

WD = withdrew

Yellow background for top-10



Summary
















































































Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 5
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 7
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 5
Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 3
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4
Totals 0 0 0 3 5 14 41 24


  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2013 Kraft Nabisco – 2014 Kraft Nabisco)

  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)



LPGA Tour career summary























































































































































Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins 2nds 3rds Top
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank

2008
1
1
0
0
0
0
T19
n/a
n/a
73.50
n/a

2009
1
1
0
0
0
0
T26
73.25

2010
3
1
0
0
0
0
T67
75.13

2011
15
8
0
0
0
0
T19
52,275
92
74.18
114

2012
20
16
1
0
0
2
1
339,320
41
72.94
69

2013
21
21
0
1
0
6
T2
593,389
25
70.82
15

2014
23
18
2
0
1
6
1
817,885
16
71.55
34

2015
24
16
1
1
0
2
1
590,061
27
71.51
35

2016
23
19
0
1
2
5
2
692,738
24
70.78
21

2017
21
18
0
1
2
4
T2
702,097
26
70.18
16

  • official as of 2017 season[10]

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.



World ranking


Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.


























































Year Ranking Source
2008 330 [11]
2009 312 [12]
2010 466 [13]
2011 313 [14]
2012 78 [15]
2013 41 [16]
2014 24 [17]
2015 26 [18]
2016 29 [19]
2017 26 [20]


Team appearances


Amateur




  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the Czech Republic): 2006


  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the United States): 2010


  • Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2009 (winners)


  • Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners)


Professional




  • Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2013, 2017 (injured, did not play)


  • International Crown (representing the United States): 2018



Solheim Cup record

































Year Total
Matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
Won
Points
%
Career
4

1–2–1

0–0–1

1–1–0

0–1–0
1.5
37.5

2013
4

1–2–1

0–0–1 halved w/ G. Sergas

1–1–0 won w/ M. Pressel 3&2,
lost w/ M. Pressel 2&1

0–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 2&1
1.5
37.5


References





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  2. ^ "USA Women's World Amateur Team Named". USGA. August 15, 2010. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2012.


  3. ^ "World Amateur Team Championship - Women's Individual". Retrieved February 13, 2012.


  4. ^ "Jessica Korda Official Scorecard 2012 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open". Golf Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2012.


  5. ^ "Tennis star's daughter wins first LPGA title". Toronto Sun. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.


  6. ^ "Jessica Korda wins Australian in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.


  7. ^ Shefter, David (2009). "This Korda Finds Love With Golf". USGA. Retrieved February 13, 2012.


  8. ^ "Korda fires caddie mid-round". ESPN. Associated Press. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.


  9. ^ "N. Korda earns LPGA card via Symetra Tour". Golf Channel. Retrieved January 22, 2017.


  10. ^ "Jessica Korda stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 21, 2017.


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  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2012.


  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2012.


  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2013.


  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2014.


  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.


  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.


  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.


  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.




External links







  • Official website


  • Jessica Korda at the LPGA Tour official site


  • Jessica Korda at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site









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