Nelly Korda finished the first round of Thursday’s Chevron Championship, one of the LPGA’s five majors, at 4-under par, two shots back of leader Lauren Coughlin. Solid, right? In contention. Nice.
There’s so much more to it, though. Two things you might not know about Korda:
Golf fans know world No. 1 Korda well, but her streak is opening up a new lane of attention with the general sports public. I went to Gabby Herzig, our newest golf writer, for proper context on this ridiculous run of dominance:
I want to get some perspective first. Where does this four-win stretch for Korda rank in the history of women’s golf?
Gabby: It’s up there — Korda’s streak puts her next to some legendary names in the women’s game. Korda just became the first player to win four consecutive starts since Lorena Ochoa in 2008, and an American player has not gone on a run like this in 46 years, since Nancy Lopez’s five-win stretch in 1978. Lopez and Annika Sorenstam are the only players to go 5-for-5 (Sorenstam did it twice). Korda has the chance to match them
Gabby: I have faith that she’ll pull off her fifth win this week. Korda has proven she can win under a variety of circumstances. She’s come from behind and she’s blown away the field — she’s simply levels above everyone else right now.
Gabby: Six consecutive wins sounds like a stretch to me. In her pre-tournament news conference, Korda talked about experiencing some extreme exhaustion last week after the LPGA’s match play event. I wonder if at a certain point, winning this much just isn’t sustainable from a recovery standpoint.
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