Jessica Korda

Jessica Korda
Personal information
Born (1993-02-27) February 27, 1993
Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality  United States
 Czech Republic
Residence Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Career
College None
Turned professional 2010
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 5
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T4: 2018
Women's PGA C'ship T4: 2018
U.S. Women's Open T7: 2013
Women's British Open T5: 2014
Evian Championship T8: 2018

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

Amateur career

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.[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

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.

Personal life

Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová.[6][7] 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' division.

Her 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.[8]

Her sister Nelly Korda joined her on the 2017 LPGA Tour after earning her card via the Symetra Tour.[9]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour wins (5)

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 Paraguay Julieta Granada
United States Stacy Lewis
United States Brittany Lincicome
South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo		 165,000
2 Jan 26, 2014 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic 69-66-72-66=273 −19 1 stroke United States Stacy Lewis 195,000
3 May 25, 2014 Airbus LPGA Classic 67-67-69-65=268 −20 1 stroke Sweden Anna Nordqvist 195,000
4 Oct 11, 2015 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia 69-67-65-65=266 −18 4 strokes China Shanshan Feng
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Stacy Lewis		 300,000
5 Feb 25, 2018 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-62-68-67=263 −25 4 strokes Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
United States Lexi Thompson		 240,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2012 Women's Australian Open Paraguay Julieta Granada
United States Stacy Lewis
United States Brittany Lincicome
South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo		 Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2018.

Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP T67 DNP CUT T25 T24 CUT CUT T11 T4
U.S. Women's Open T19 T26 CUT T34 T39 T7 CUT CUT T17 T21 CUT
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT T55 T49 T40 CUT CUT T14 T4
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT T25 T5 CUT CUT WD T42
The Evian Championship ^ T37 71 CUT T22 CUT T8

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
WD = withdrew
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00011485
U.S. Women's Open000014117
Women's PGA Championship00011285
Women's British Open00011283
The Evian Championship00001264
Totals00035144124
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2013 Kraft Nabisco – 2014 Kraft Nabisco)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nds3rdsTop
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 73.25
2010 3 1 0 0 0 0 T67 75.13
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 2 692,738 24 70.78 21
2017 21 18 0 1 2 4 T2 702,097 26 70.18 16
  • official as of 2017 season[10]

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2008330[11]
2009312[12]
2010466[13]
2011313[14]
201278[15]
201341[16]
201424[17]
201526[18]
201629[19]
201726[20]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
Matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
Won		Points
%
Career 4 1–2–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 0–1–0 1.5 37.5
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

References

  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". Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Jessica Korda Official Scorecard 2012 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open". Golf Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Tennis star's daughter wins first LPGA title". Toronto Sun. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Jessica Korda wins Australian in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  7. ↑ Shefter, David (2009). "This Korda Finds Love With Golf". USGA. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Korda fires caddie mid-round". ESPN. Associated Press. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ "N. Korda earns LPGA card via Symetra Tour". Golf Channel. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Jessica Korda stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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