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Jessica Korda

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

Jessica Korda
Korda at the 2011 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameJessica Regina Korda
Born (1993-02-27) February 27, 1993 (age 31)
Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sporting nationality United States
 Czech Republic
ResidenceJupiter Island, Florida, U.S.
SpouseJohnny DelPrete
Children1
Career
CollegeNone
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship2nd: 2022
Women's PGA C'shipT4: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT7: 2013
Women's British OpenT5: 2014
Evian ChampionshipT8: 2018

Amateur career

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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 individually and silver medalist with her team.[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

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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.

Korda represented United States at the Solheim Cup in 2013, 2019, and 2021. She also qualified for the U.S. team in 2017, after finishing fifth in points, but did not play after withdrawing with a forearm injury and was replaced by Paula Creamer.[6]

2023

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Korda at the 2022 Women's PGA Championship.

On May 28, she announced that she would stop playing indefinitely to rehab her back injury which had been a concern at the start of the season.[7] Her sister Nelly Korda announced that she would miss the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open event at Liberty National Golf Club on June 1 because of her back pain.[8]

Personal life

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Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová.[9][10] 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' junior division.

Korda's 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.[11]

Her younger sister, Nelly Korda, joined her on the 2017 LPGA Tour after earning her card via the Symetra Tour[12] and advanced to world number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings in 2021.

She married her longtime boyfriend Johnny DelPrete on December 11, 2021.[13] In August 2023, the couple announced that she was pregnant with their first child, due in February 2024.[14] Korda gave birth on February 3.[15]

Professional wins (6)

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LPGA Tour wins (6)

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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   Julieta Granada
  Stacy Lewis
  Brittany Lincicome
  So Yeon Ryu
  Hee Kyung Seo 		165,000
2 Jan 26, 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic 69-66-72-66=273 −19 1 stroke   Stacy Lewis 195,000
3 May 25, 2014 Airbus LPGA Classic 67-67-69-65=268 −20 1 stroke   Anna Nordqvist 195,000
4 Oct 11, 2015 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia 69-67-65-65=266 −18 4 strokes   Shanshan Feng
  Lydia Ko
  Stacy Lewis 		300,000
5 Feb 25, 2018 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-62-68-67=263 −25 4 strokes   Moriya Jutanugarn
  Lexi Thompson 		240,000
6 Jan 24, 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions 65-69-60-66=260 −24 Playoff   Danielle Kang 180,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2012 Women's Australian Open   Julieta Granada
  Stacy Lewis
  Brittany Lincicome
  So Yeon Ryu
  Hee Kyung Seo 		Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions   Danielle Kang Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T67 CUT T25 T24 CUT CUT T11 T4 T6 CUT T36 2 T28
Women's PGA Championship CUT T55 T49 T40 CUT CUT T14 T4 T21 T58 T15 T10
U.S. Women's Open T19 T26 CUT T34 T39 T7 CUT CUT T17 T21 CUT T10 T23 T30 T63
The Evian Championship ^ T37 71 CUT T22 CUT T8 T17 NT T38 CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T25 T5 CUT CUT WD T42 T44 T59 T37

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

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 1 0 2 3 6 13 9
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 5 12 9
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 2 6 15 11
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 6
Totals 0 1 0 4 9 22 60 41
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2020 U.S. Open – 2022 WPGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2018 Evian – 2019 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

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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 n/a n/a 73.25 n/a
2010 3 1 0 0 0 0 T67 n/a n/a 75.12 n/a
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 2 692,803 24 70.78 21
2017 21 18 0 1 2 4 T2 702,097 26 70.18 16
2018 18 16 1 0 1 6 1 883,924 18 70.05 6
2019 18 15 0 2 0 6 2 874,588 22 70.08 15
2020 13 11 0 0 0 2 T6 246,578 46 71.11 19
2021 17 17 1 1 1 5 1 774,047 23 69.79 8
2022 14 13 0 1 0 6 2 976,487 23 70.39 23
2023 6 3 0 0 0 0 T18 62,449 149 72.65 n/a
Totals^ (as member) 233 191 6 8 7 50 1 7,605,903 43 – –
Totals (as non-member) 5 3 0 0 0 0 T19 – – – –

^ official as of 2023 season[16][17][18]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year World
ranking		 Source
2008 330 [19]
2009 312 [20]
2010 466 [21]
2011 313 [22]
2012 78 [23]
2013 41 [24]
2014 24 [25]
2015 26 [26]
2016 29 [27]
2017 26 [28]
2018 13 [29]
2019 17 [30]
2020 23 [31]
2021 21 [32]
2022 18 [33]
2023 129 [34]

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
Matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
Won		 Points
%
Career 11 5–4–2 2–0–1 3–2–0 0–2–1 6 54.5
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
2019 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. C. Masson 3&2 2–0–0 won w/ N. Korda 6&4,
won w/ N. Korda 6&5 		0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 3.5 87.5
2021 3 1–2–0 1–0–0 def. C. Hull 3&1 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Korda 1 dn 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Khang 1 dn 1.0 33.3

References

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  1. ^ Chase, Chris (August 16, 2010). "Grand Slam champ Korda caddies his daughter to amateur finals". Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  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". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Jessica Korda Official Scorecard 2012 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open". Golf Australia. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  5. ^ "Tennis star's daughter wins first LPGA title". Toronto Sun. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  6. ^ Lawhon, Danny (August 8, 2017). "Paula Creamer named as U.S. Solheim Cup replacement". USA Today.
  7. ^ Sarah Kellam (May 29, 2023). "Jessica Korda Announces She Will "Stop Playing" To Rehab Back Injury". LPGA. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  8. ^ Sarah Kellam (May 23, 2023). "Nelly Korda Will Not Play Mizuho Americas Open". LPGA. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jessica Korda wins Australian in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  10. ^ Shefter, David (2009). "This Korda Finds Love With Golf". USGA. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  11. ^ "Korda fires caddie mid-round". ESPN. Associated Press. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  12. ^ "N. Korda earns LPGA card via Symetra Tour". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  13. ^ "Jessica Korda Ties the Knot With Pro Golfer Johnny DelPrete". essentiallysports. December 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Myers, Alex (August 25, 2023). "Jessica Korda announces she's pregnant in adorable fashion". Golf Digest.
  15. ^ "Six-time LPGA Tour winner Jessica Korda becomes 1st-time mom". ESPN. Field Level Media. February 6, 2024.
  16. ^ "Jessica Korda results". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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  18. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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  30. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  31. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  32. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  33. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  34. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  35. ^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". October 19, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
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