Nelly Korda mentioned the 5 weeks she took off from the LPGA Tour had been a safety measure and that she’s in robust form bodily as she makes an attempt to interrupt a virtually year-long winless drought at this week’s The Annika by Gainbridge.
Korda withdrew from final month’s Worldwide Crown staff occasion and mentioned she did not play golf for about three weeks as she centered on strengthening her neck, which started bothering her once more over the summer season. Fixed journey and 17 occasions to date in 2025 had taken its toll on the 27-year-old’s physique.
Korda mentioned that she has discovered from previous accidents that it is best to “sacrifice” one match fairly than push by way of ache and probably be out for an prolonged interval. She missed a pair of occasions final fall on account of a neck damage and handled a blood clot in her proper arm in 2022.
“I discovered rather a lot about myself and accidents by way of my blood clot as a result of I used to be feeling the signs for about three weeks earlier than I really went to see the physician,” she mentioned Wednesday. “I went to the ER. If I listened to my physique proper then and there that will’ve been three weeks I saved a while.
“As an alternative, I used to be like, possibly it is simply one thing bizarre. Possibly I slept bizarre. Proper now I believe I’ve simply gotten a bit of bit extra in tune with my physique.”
Korda’s final victory got here at this occasion final 12 months, and he or she has received three of the previous 4 iterations on the Pelican Golf Membership in Belleair, Fla. The course is barely about an hour from her residence in Bradenton, and Korda mentioned being round family and friends makes for a enjoyable week.
On the identical time, she’s seeking to end a considerably irritating 12 months on a powerful word. Korda has seven top-10 finishes, together with a T4 in her most up-to-date occasion on the Lotte Championship. However she has but to win, whereas seeing Jeeno Thitikul put vital distance between them atop the world rankings.
“I can management what I can management. I can not management what different opponents are doing,” Korda mentioned. “The one factor I can management is how a lot effort I put into every day, how I try to execute my photographs.
“On the finish of the day that is all I can do. Clearly I am very, very aggressive and what I wish to do on Sunday is hoist the trophy. Everybody on this area desires to do it.
“It is undoubtedly been a bizarre 12 months, however I can not evaluate this 12 months to final 12 months as a result of … I’ve had years the place I have never received and I performed nice golf, then the following 12 months I received a couple of.
“So it is simply sports activities. It is golf. You possibly can’t count on to win. You possibly can count on to place in 100%: 100% into your physique, 100% in your routine, 100% into your observe, haven’t any distractions.
“That is what I can management and that’s what I’ll management. However every little thing else is sort of out of my management.”
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