Nelly Korda

She became the second woman from the U.S. to win the gold, and the first since Margaret Abbott in the 1900 Olympic Games.

After Ko Jin-young won the BMW Ladies Championship on October 24, Korda fell to No. 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, by a narrow margin of 9.36 to 9.34 average points per event played.

She regained the No. 1 spot on November 8, 2021, by a fraction of an average point per event played (9.032 to 9.028), despite neither player playing tournaments between those ranking dates, because the calculations are over a two-year rolling average.

In November, Korda won the Pelican Women's Championship in Belleair, Florida.

Korda shot a final round 69 and won in a playoff over Lexi Thompson, Lydia Ko and Kim Sei-young.

This was her fourth LPGA victory of 2021.

Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

Her father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open singles in tennis.

Her older sister, Jessica Korda, won the Women's Australian Open in 2012 and her younger brother, Sebastian, won the 2018 Australian Open junior boys in tennis.

The Australian Open win represented Korda's 4th top-5 finish in her most recent 5 LPGA starts.

Korda became the first American to win four times in an LPGA Tour season since Stacy Lewis in 2012.

She had the lowest scoring average on tour (68.774) in her 62 rounds, beating the money list winner Ko Jin-young (68.886) in her 67 rounds, although she finished second on the money list ($2,382,198) to Ko ($3,502,161).

However, Lydia Ko won the Vare Trophy despite finishing third on the scoring average list because neither Korda nor Ko Jin-young met the 70 round minimum.

She also made the cut at the 2013 U.S. Women's Open, one month before her 15th birthday.

Korda was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup.

As an amateur, she won the 2015 Harder Hall Invitational, and the 2015 PING Invitational, and was a 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American.

Korda began her pro career in 2016 on the Symetra Tour, where she won her first pro event at the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge after shooting rounds of 68-67-69-66 for a 3 stroke victory over Wichanee Meechai.

She ended the season 9th on the money list, thus earning her LPGA Tour card for 2017.

She won despite a triple bogey seven on the par-4 17th hole, dropping her from co-leading at −19, to fourth-place at −16, two shots behind Thompson.

On October 28, 2018, Korda won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship in Taoyuan, Taiwan for her first LPGA Tour title.

This win made her and her sister Jessica Korda the third pair of sisters to win in LPGA history, joining the Jutanugarn sisters, Moriya Jutanugarn and Ariya Jutanugarn, along with Charlotta and Annika Sörenstam.

On August 5, in round 2 of the Women's Golf at the Summer Olympics in Japan, Korda stood on the 18th tee at −11 for her round.

A birdie on the 18th would have been a round of 59 but she double bogeyed the hole for a 62.

On August 7, Korda won the gold medal.

Recovering on the 18th with a birdie that tied her with her playing partner, and then-leader Lexi Thompson, who then bogeyed the 18th, requiring the four-way playoff starting on the 18th hole.

Korda birdied it for the win, tying her with Ko Jin-young with four wins in 2021.

Ko Jin-young finished with a 66, tying for sixth place.

Along with her sister Jessica Korda, she represented the United States at the 2019 Solheim Cup and 2021 Solheim Cup, as well as on her own at the 2023 Solheim Cup.

After settling for runner-up at the CME Group Tour Championship and solo 3rd at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, Korda won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on February 17, 2019.

In doing so, she completed a "Family Slam" in Australia.

Thanks to this victory, Korda broke into the top 10 for the first time in the February 18, 2019 release of the Women's World Golf Rankings, moving up to 9th from 16th the week before, and becoming the second highest ranked American in the world, surpassed only by 5th ranked Lexi Thompson.

On September 22, 2019, Korda shot a 4-under-par 67 in blustery conditions and won the Lacoste Ladies Open de France by eight shots.

On November 3, 2019, Korda defended her title at the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA in a playoff.

On February 28, 2021, Korda won the Gainbridge LPGA at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida.

On June 20, 2021, Korda won the Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan becoming the first two-time winner on the LPGA during the 2021 season.

She shot a career best 62 on Saturday to take a lead into the final round.

On June 27, 2021, Korda won her first major at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

In the final round, Korda shot a 4-under 68 and won by three strokes over Lizette Salas.

With the win, Korda became the number one player in the world.

Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.