Nelly Korda reveals harm will price her no less than two LPGA begins

For Nelly Korda, a season that started on a tear is ending with a tweak.

On Monday, the World No. 1 introduced on social media that she is withdrawing from scheduled begins at this week’s BMW Women occasion in Korea and the next week’s LPGA event in Malyasia on account of a “minor neck harm” she sustained whereas practising.

“I’m at the moment resting and dealing with my group to get higher,” mentioned Korda, who’s 26.

The harm is the newest wrinkle in a rollercoaster season for Korda.       

Early within the 12 months Korda ran off 5 straight LPGA wins, together with a significant title, adopted quickly after by her sixth win of the season on the Mizuho Americas Open. She appeared unbeatable till, immediately, she didn’t, posting a surprising 80 within the opening spherical of the U.S. Girls’s Open in late Might. That led to a run of three consecutive missed cuts for Korda that included a second-round 81 on the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship that induced her to overlook the weekend by one.

“It’s simply golf not too long ago for me,” Korda mentioned on the time. “No phrases for a way I’m enjoying proper now. I’m simply going to go dwelling and attempt to reset.”   

Korda appeared her outdated self once more on the Solheim Cup, the place she completed 3-0-1 within the U.S.’s commanding victory in Virginia. Per week later, she tied for fifth on the Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship.

Korda has few weaknesses however she has been liable to well being points. In 2022, she underwent surgical procedure for a blood clot in a subclavian vein in her left arm. In 2023, she missed a stretch of tournaments attributable to again ache. In June of this 12 months, she withdrew from an occasion after a canine bit her leg, however she provided few particulars about what precisely had occurred. “Simply needed to undergo some medical stuff,” she mentioned.

Within the wake of her newest setback, Korda didn’t say when she plans to return to the tour.

After three occasions in Asia within the subsequent three weeks, the LPGA returns to the U.S. for 3 extra tournaments, capped by the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.  

Alan Bastable

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