Q. After the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship. Just wrapped up here. What can you say about this week and honestly just the season as a whole for you?

NELLY KORDA: Obviously the main goal was to finish on top, but after my first day I did give it a run for it. Even thought leaders were super far ahead. Always felt like I was playing catchup in a sense.

Overall, yeah, another year. I’m grateful for it all. Grateful for the highs, lows, and grateful for my team.

Q. You tapped in one of the best shots of your year on the 11th. Take us through that hole-out.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, hit my driver a little out right. Honestly wasn’t a bad place to miss it out there. I had 136 yards which was a perfect 9-iron and I hit it — like I hit it really pure, which is also really nice when you hole-out, when it all matches up.

And I’ve never heard Jason yell that loud. Even the cameraman he was like, dude, I got scared. It was nice to see that go in. In the past year I’ve been lipping out, so for it to be the last round of the year, obviously last round of the season, it felt good to see that go in.

Q. When you look back at 2025 what’s a word you’ll use to describe the season and why?

NELLY KORDA: A grind. Yeah, just there was — I feel like there was a lot of ups and downs and it made me grow a lot mentally and I would say I’m just also very grateful for it because, you know, success is never linear.

Q. How do you think you’ve grown mentally?

NELLY KORDA: I would just say expectations, listening to outside noises, really just sticking to what I know best, and that’s to keep everything simple.

Q. Are there any shots that replay through your mind throughout the course of the season that you wish you could have back?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, precisely No. 18 at the U.S. Open. I actually hit that shot so good. Probably hit that shot the best that I did all year, and just because of the adrenaline I hit it probably, I don’t know, ten yards too long and a little bit too left; was in the place that at the beginning of the week on Monday I was like, I cannot be here, and I was there.

So if I could get one shot back, that would be it.

But I mean, there are so many. That’s the one that kind of comes to mind, yeah.

But everything happens for a reason.

Q. It’s interesting that this many years in adrenaline is still something that you have to figure out and factor in.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. I guess it varies from moment to moment exactly how adrenaline will impact a shot.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I think everyone kind of deals with it. You’re always learning. You never have it figured out really. That’s why it always humbles you.

Q. When you talked about your team early this week and how they have kind of given you a different look at things when you vent to them, just curious what have they given you perspective on that you can’t maybe yourself can’t take a step back and look at?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, just kind of like more of like outcomes of tournaments. Like where you’re just kind of looking at the actual outcome of not winning, not finishing inside the top 10, not contending. At the end of the day like it’s all about also improving from week to week, especially if maybe you’re in the hitting it great and you see an improvement in that.

So just kind of more of a different perspective.

Q. You said you’ll remember the highs and the lows from this year. What do you consider one or two of the highs or one or two of the lows?

NELLY KORDA: Highs was probably the U.S. Women’s Open. I mean, the adrenaline rush, there is nothing like it. The highs are probably like seeing like the great flashes in my game where I’m very excited about the work that I put in.

Then some of the lows are like every girl can say that out here, ever pro can say that, you put so much time in effort into your craft and you just don’t play well. You just do it over and over and over again. Sometimes you just go a little crazy.

Q. LeBron commented again on a Nelly post. I don’t know, is there a future round?

NELLY KORDA: Hopefully, fingers crossed. I mean, he is a very busy man and we definitely do not live on the same coast of the U.S.

So if timing matches up it would be great to play with him.

Q. How cool is it to see people like that react to the women’s game?

NELLY KORDA: It’s so great. You kind of see it across different sports, and it’s fun to see women’s golf have its moment as well. You see the tennis where all the stars come and watch all the amazing pros and then you see it with the men’s game, too. For people to finally see not just myself but all the other amazing girls out here and finally get their time, you know to be on primetime TV and people to invest in us and our craft and really know that we are great, has been a lot of fun.

I hope to see it continue growing.

Q. Just one quick one: Jeeno now has set a single-season scoring record beating Annika’s record from 2002.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. Can you put in perspective how hard it is to beat any of Annika’s records, but what that means over the course of a year?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, it’s quite amazing. Great talent, great player. It’s fun to see her craft kind of up close as well.

But, yeah, I mean, it’s kind of crazy, right? To finally beat a record so far in — what was it, 2002 you said? For it to take until 2025, I mean, it’s crazy. That just tells you that the greats don’t come along too often

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Korda, who had been out of action since September with a neck problem, started the final day at Pelican Golf Club in Florida one shot behind Hull, who had led from Thursday’s opening round at the event, which is named in honour of Sweden’s 10-time major champion Annika Sorenstam.

Korda made a slow start, with three bogeys on her front nine, but five birdies in a row from the 11th saw her move two strokes ahead of Hull with three holes to play. The 26-year-old held her nerve to par the last three holes and finish with a round of 67 and a total of 14 under total.

A dropped shot by Hull on the 17th hole saw her fall out of contention for the win and she finished with a 71 for a share of second on 11 under alongside China’s Weiwei Zhang and Korea’s Jin Hee Im.

It was a seventh title of the year for Korda, who had sealed the LPGA Tour’s 2024 Rolex Player of the Year Award the week before.

“After taking time off for an injury it feels great to be back,” said Korda, who earned $487,000 for the win. “I was certainly feeling the nerves on the back nine. There’s nothing like the adrenaline of being in the hunt on the back nine – I love it so much.”

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The matches remained on a knife edge until Lilia Vu made a brilliant birdie on the 18^th to earn the half-point needed for the home to reach 14½ points and win the Solheim Cup for the United States.

The final score was 15.5-12.5 in America’s favour as they clinched the cup for the first time since 2017.

At the start of the final day, Team USA had a 10-6 advantage over Europe, but despite losing the singles 5.5-6.5, it was good enough to secure a long-for victory for team captain Stacy Lewis’s side.

Even the extraordinary fighting spirit of Charley Hull could not quite stir a miracle at the Solheim Cup. A remarkable 6&4 thrashing of the world No.1 Nelly Korda in the opening singles match was a statement of defiance that instigated hope, but a United States team desperate to end their barren run finally made good on their formidable talent despite an unexpectedly nerve-riddled finale.

After Megan Khang, Allisen Corpuz and Rose Zhang made it three points from the first five matches, Stacy Lewis’s side were seemingly cruising, with only 1.5 more points required to seal victory. But Suzann Pettersen’s side had other ideas and a scoreboard that was at one time looking very red was suddenly awash with blue as the Europeans mounted a thrilling fightback.

Céline Boutier snatched victory from Lexi Thompson at the last with a stunning birdie, while Leona Maguire, who only played in two matches all week, beat Ally Ewing 4&3. Madelene Sagstrom secured another point for Europe when beating Sarah Schmelzel 1up, while Sweden’s Maja Stark bravely holed out from 15 feet at the last to tie her match with Lauren Coughlin.

THREE TIED MATCHES

But it fell to Lilia Vu, who had until then been disappointed with her contribution during the week, to end Europe’s hopes of a record comeback, hitting her approach at the last to two feet to tie her match against rookie Albane Valenzuela,

US captain Stacy Lewis said: ““It really could have gone either way. It was crazy there at the end in terms of how it all unfolded. I was just hoping and praying it went our way. It’s amazing how these things come down to half-point here and there. Fortunately, this time we were on the right side of it.

“I’m just so proud of the whole team. And Lilia’s finish there was unbelievable. That’s what you expect from one of the best players in the world.”

European captain Suzann Pettersen commented: “We gave them a run for their money. I don’t think anyone expected us to be here at 2.30pm and to still have a chance. It’s kind of hard to believe that we actually had a chance with giving them such a head start. But I had fun today. It’s always exciting on a Sunday.

“There were possibilities out there, and several times we thought we could get it done. It came down to a couple of matches. I’m happy for Stacy, but we’ll come back very hungry.

Of course it’s painful to lose, but at the end of the day we’ve had a lot of small victories within our team this week. We’ve had a lot of fun, a lot of laughs, and moments that I will cherish forever. It’s been a great ride. Solheim Cups – they’re the best.”

Sunday Singles results – Europe 6.5 USA 5.5

Charley Hull (EUR) def. Nelly Korda (USA) 6&4
Megan Khang (USA) def. Emily Pedersen (EUR) 6&5
Georgia Hall (EUR) def. Alison Lee (USA) 4&3
Allisen Corpuz (USA) def. Anna Nordqvist (EUR) 4&3
Rose Zhang (USA) def. Carlota Ciganda (EUR) 6&4
Esther Henseleit (EUR) tied Andrea Lee (USA) TIED
Celine Boutier (EUR) def. Lexi Thompson (USA) 1 up
Maja Stark (EUR) tied Lauren Coughlin (USA) TIED
Lilia Vu (USA) tied Albane Valenzuela (EUR) TIED
Madelene Sagstrom (EUR) def. Sarah Schmelzel (USA) 1 up
Leona Maguire (EUR) def. Ally Ewing (USA) 4&3
Jennifer Kupcho (USA) def. Linn Grant (EUR) 2&1

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The world No.1 went bogey-free on day two at the Old Course with back-to-back birdies on 17 and 18 before making two more on the fifth and ninth holes to sit at the top of the leaderboard on eight-under-par.

Defending champion Lilia Vu and Charley Hull sit in a share of second place on five-under-par after 36 holes.

Vu only dropped one shot on day two rolling in three birdies for a round of 70, while it was a trickier day for Hull, who, starting on the back nine, began with a bogeys at 10, 14, and 2 before turned day around with birdies on five, six and nine for an even-par round.

“I actually I thought I hit it just as good as yesterday,” said Hull. “I just missed three or four four-foot putts, but that was early on in my round. The greens were a little bit slower today, so it took some time to adjust, but  once I got over that, I just fell back into my stroke and it felt fine.

She added: “Only three shots behind. That’s nothing going into the weekend, especially on this golf course.”

China’s Ruoning Yin sits in outright fourth place after also carding a level-par round which included three birdies and three bogeys.

Six players are in a share of fifth place with South African duo Ashleigh Buhai and Casandra Alexander, Swedish amateur Louise Rydqvist, Japan’s Mao Saigo, Chinese Taipei’s Peiyun Chien and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko all on three-under-par.

Georgia Hall is in tied 10th on 2 under after a second round 71, a place she shares with Surrey amateur Lottie Woad who fired a 70 to go with her opening 72.

The cut fell at +4 with 82 players making it through to the weekend of the final major of the year, although among those taking early exits was Scotland’s Catriona Matthew who finished on +7 playing in her final Women’s Open.

Also missing the cut were 2023 European Solheim Cup players Madelene Sagstrom, Anna Nordqvist, Gemma Dryburgh and Emily Pedersen.

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The two-time major winner appeared set to hold the outright lead with one day to play until surprise act and playing partner Metraux produced an eagle at the par-five 18th at Le Golf National to join her at 9 under after 54 holes.

Ko, who is bidding to become the first woman in the modern Olympic golf era to win three straight medals (she won silver at Rio 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020), mixed three birdies with a lone bogey at the seventh to turn in 2-under. She then cancelled out a birdie at the 10th with a bogey at the 12th, before birdieing 17 to take a two-shot lead to the last.

It was then that Metraux, who had been in the shadows of others for most of Friday, produced her best moment of the round as she backed up an excellent approach at the final hole with an equally impressive 20-foot putt for eagle to record a 1-under 71.

While it was not as eye-catching as Thursday’s 6-under 66, in which she played the front nine in 28 blows, world No.137 Metraux showed her resolve after her round threatened to unravel with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch from holes 10-13.

Two shots adrift sit their nearest challengers in Rose Zhang of USA and Japan’s Miyu Yamashita, another Olympic debutant.

Zhang made eagles at 14 and 18 in her 67 that also included a double bogey at 15, while Yamashita posted a 4-under 68.

The Japanese player was one of just two bogey-free rounds on Friday, with the other going to Canada’s Brooke Henderson as she hit a 67 to leave herself at 2-under.

Defending gold medalist Nelly Korda sits in a four-way tie at 7 under after a third-round 70, along with France’s first round leader Celine Boutier and China’s Xiyu Lin and Ruoning Yin.

Australia’s Hannah Green carded the best round of the day with a 6-under 66 that featured seven birdies and a stunning 153-yard, hole-out eagle at the par-4 17th to climb into a tie for 11th.

Georgia Hall and Charley Hull, representing Team GB, are tied 27th and tied 36th, after shooting rounds 71 and 69 respectively.

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The 60-strong field will play in three-balls, with defending champion Nelly Korda due to begin her bid for a second gold medal starting at 9.55am local time in the company of world no.3 Jin Young Ko (Korea) and world no.5 Ruoning Yin (China).

Charley Hull’s hunt for medals for Team GB begins at 9.44am, when she will be teeing off with Australia’s Hannah Green and Rose Zhang of Team USA.

Georgia Hall is one of the later first round starters, going out in the third to last group at 12.17pm alongside fellow Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire (Ireland) and South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai.

Please note, all times listed below are local for Paris (UK is -1 hour).

09:00 Wednesday / 10:55 Thursday: Perrine Delacour (France), Stephanie Meadow (Ireland), Manon de Roey (Belgium)

09:11 Wednesday / 11:06 Thursday: Pei-yun Chien (Chinese Taipei), Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Denmark), Anne van Dam (Netherlands)

9:22 Wednesday / 11:17 Thursday: Aditi Ashok (India), Gaby Lopez (Mexico), Esther Henseleit (Germany)

9:33 Wednesday / 11:33 Thursday: Shannon Tan (Singapore), Maria Fassi (Mexico), Celine Borge (Norway)

9:44 Wednesday / 11:44 Thursday: Hannah Green (Australia), Charley Hull (Great Britain), Rose Zhang (United States of America)

9:55 Wednesday / 11:55 Thursday: Nelly Korda (United States of America), Jin Young Ko (Korea), Ruoning Yin (China)

10:11 Wednesday / Thursday 12:06: Hyo Joo Kim (Korea), Brooke Henderson (Canada), Xiyu Janet Lin (China)

10:22 Wednesday / 12:17 Thursday: Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand), Linn Grant (Sweden), Carlota Ciganda (Spain)

10:33 Wednesday / 12:28 Thursday: Alessandra Fanali (Italy), Ashley Lau (Malaysia), Ursula Wikstrom (Finland)

10:44 Wednesday / Thursday 12:39: Dottie Ardina (Philippines), Noora Komulainen (Finland), Madelene Stavnar (Norway)

10:55 Wednesday / 9:00 Thursday: Wei-Ling Hsu (Chinese Taipei), Diksha Dagar (India), Emma Spitz (Austria)

11:06 Wednesday / 9:11 Thursday: Azahara Munoz (Spain), Bianca Pagdanganan (Philippines), Morgane Metraux (Switzerland)

11:17 Wednesday / 9:22 Thursday: Alexandra Forsterling (Germany), Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland), Emily Kristine Pedersen (Denmark)

11:33 Wednesday / 9:33 Thursday: Klara Davidson Spilkova (Czech Republic), Paula Reto (South Africa), Mariajo Uribe (Colombia)

11:44 Wednesday / 9:44 Thursday: Yuka Saso (Japan), Minjee Lee (Australia), Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand)

11:55 Wednesday / 9:55 Thursday: Celine Boutier (France), Lilia Vu (United States of America), Amy Yang (Korea)

12:06 Wednesday / 10:11 Thursday: Lydia Ko (New Zealand), Miyu Yamashita (Japan), Maja Stark (Sweden)

12:17 Wednesday / 10:22 Thursday: Leona Maguire (Ireland), Georgia Hall (Great Britain), Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa)

12:28 Wednesday / 10:33 Thursday: Ana Belac (Slovenia), Sara Kouskova (Czech Republic), Alena Sharp (Canada)

12:39 Wednesday / 10:44 Thursday: Ines Laklalech (Morocco), Sarah Schober (Austria), Pia Babnik (Slovenia).

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There are 32 countries represented in the men’s competition and 33 in the women’s field, across all six different continents.

Paris 2024 will mark the fifth time that golf has been featured as an Olympic sport, and just the third time since 1904.

The men’s competition takes place from August 1-4, while the women’s event is being held from August 7-10.

Le Golf National, which annually hosts the Open de France on the DP World Tour and was the site of the 2018 Ryder Cup, is the host venue for both events.

In total, 38 different will be represented across both the men’s and women’s competitions, with the USA sending the most athletes, seven (four men, three women).

In the men’s field, 10 of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, as of this week, are competing, including all of the top-five ranked players.

In the women’s field, all 15 of the top-15 ranked women in the Rolex Rankings will be competing in Paris.

Team GB will be represented by Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick in the men’s event, and Charley Hull and Georgia Hall in the women’s tournament.

Team USA enjoyed double gold success at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, with Xander Schauffele winning the men’s event and Nelly Korda the women’s. Both players will be defending their titles next month.

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Korda, who opened with an 80 in the US Open two weeks ago after six wins in her previous seven starts, missed the cut after starting the tournament tied for second.

She opened her second round with four straight bogeys and had to wait until the 18th for her only birdie of the day to miss the cut by a stroke at the Sahalee Country Club in Washington state.

“No words for how I’m playing right now,” said Korda. “I’m just going to go home and try to reset.

“A lot went my way at the beginning part of the year, and just giving it back.”

American Schmelzel carded six birdies in a five-under-par 67 to top the leaderboard alongside South Korea’s Yang, who had a bogey-free 68.

Schmelzel, without a win in six years on the LPGA Tour, said: “I kind of caught a glimpse of leaderboard on 17 and saw I was right around the lead.

“It was just nice to be able to finish that well, too, knowing I was around the lead in a major.

Overnight leader Lexi Thompson recovered from an early double bogey, making three birdies coming home in a 72 which leaves her two strokes back alongside Korea’s Jin Young Ko and Hinako Shibuno from Japan.

Ireland’s Leona Maguire carded a 71 to sit in a group three strokes off the lead with England’s Charley Hull a further two shots back after a 73.

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The English duo are sure to be a hit with the home crowds, and with further announcements set to follow on a strong field, both are looking to build on fantastic 2023 outings at the tournament.

Last year, Hull came up just short to the all-conquering world no.1 Nelly Korda in the individual competition, while Hall was able to captain her team to victory in extremely difficult conditions, edging out Hull’s team by just one stroke.

Now England’s dynamic duo are aiming to secure their places representing Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Olympics and become the first to win a medal for Team GB in a women’s golf event.

The golf at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Korda is set to defend her gold medal from Tokyo 2020, kicks off a little over a month after the Aramco Team Series – London event, and the ‘Major-like’ event at Centurion will provide the pair the perfect opportunity to prepare themselves in their quest for medals.

Hull has recently achieved a career-high world ranking of seventh following her impressive runner-up finish at the Aramco Team Series in Tampa in March.

Reflecting on her preparations for the summer, Hull commented: “At the start of the season I sat down and thought about how I wanted this year to pan out. I knew that there would be an important summer of golf ahead with the Olympic Games, Solheim Cup and chasing down my first Major title.

“I’m in the best place I’ve ever been in my career, mentally and physically, so to have the Aramco Team Series at home is the best way to open the intense summer ahead.

Playing in a field with some of the players I’ll face in Paris, and at a tournament like this that has that Major-like feel, will be a great dress rehearsal for me to aim for that gold medal.”

Excited about the prospect of returning to London, Hall said: “The Aramco Team Series in London will be my first appearance in the event this year and I’m buzzing to get back into playing with a team which will hopefully be a great transition to the Solheim Cup in September.

“Competing against Charley as a team captain again will add an extra layer of excitement, especially with friends and family cheering us on. I’ve played my fair share of Majors and outside of those, the Aramco Team Series matches the energy and field the best. It’s always a great competition with the top players out there.”

Joining Hull and Hall will be a field stacked with talent, including Anne Van Dam of the Netherlands, Singapore’s Shannon Tan, and India’s Diksha Dagar.

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The championship features field of 156 players and a prize fund of $12 million, with online banking company Ally being the presenting sponsor.

The Field

The field features a who’s who of players who have already tasted major success. Nelly Korda, the two-time major champion and current world no.1, headlines the field in pursuit of her seventh win of the season.

She’s joined by major champions Celine Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko and Hannah Green, just to name a few.

Green is the only other multiple winner this season on the LPGA Tour, with victories at the HSBC Women’s World Championship and the JM Eagle LA Championship.

Eight past champions of the US Women’s Open will also tee it up, including Brittany Lang, Ariya Jutanugarn, Jeongeun Lee6, A Lim Kim, Yuka Saso, Minjee Lee, Allisen Corpuz and In Gee Chun, who was the winner the last time the championship was held at Lancaster Country Club in 2015.

The Course

Lancaster Country Club is hosting the US Women’s Open for only the second time following its debut in 2015.  The par-70 course, which will play to 6,583 yards, features a variety of par 4s, distinct par 3s and just two par 5s.

Measuring 100 yards longer than it did nine years ago, the biggest change from 2015 can be seen at the par-5 13th hole, which was lengthened by 30 yards and has seen the addition of four new bunkers.

Corpuz Defends

Allisen Corpuz became not just a first-time winner but also a major champion with her breakout victory in the US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach in 2023.

She closed with a final-round 69 to win by three strokes. Following her win, she struggled to recapture that form, with a runner-up finish in her next start and a tie for sixth in the AIG Women’s Open being her best results for the remainder of 2023.

This year, she has recorded just a single top-10 finish, a tie for eighth that came at the HSBC Women’s World Championship.

Korda Chasing Major No. 3

Nelly Korda arrives at the second major championship of the season in pursuit of not just her seventh victory of the year, but also a third career major victory.

Korda captured her fifth consecutive win of the season at the year’s first major, The Chevron Championship, and will be riding high on the momentum of a sixth win in her last start at the Mizuho Americas Open.

At a major venue like Lancaster Country Club, which puts a premium on hitting fairways and greens, Korda will be tough to beat as she leads the Tour in greens in regulation, putts per green in regulation and scoring average.

Korda is competing in her 10th US Women’s Open, and she has two top-10 results in the event.

Speaking about the challenge that lies ahead, Korda said: “This golf course is a beast. Off the tee, if you don’t hit it into the fairways, it sinks down into the rough. These greens are small and very, very undulated.

“It’s just going to be tough. No matter if you hit it higher or if you’re longer, I feel like the key out here this week is just hitting it straight.

It doesn’t matter if you’re short or long. If you make a couple mistakes here and there sometimes it can get away from you, but it’s going to test every aspect of your game out there this week.”

You can catch all the action from the 79th US Women’s Open on Sky Sports Golf.  For the full schedule, visit www.skysports.com/golf/watch

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