Nelly Korda performs down hopes for LPGA Tour historical past bid after ‘dream’ Met Gala look | Golf Information

Nelly Korda insists she has hardly thought concerning the probability to make historical past by
profitable an unprecedented sixth straight occasion on the LPGA Tour.

The 25-year-old returns to motion on this week’s Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey having attended the Met Gala in New York on Monday, the place she grew to become the primary golfer since Tiger Woods to attend the star-studded occasion.

Korda described attending the Met Gala – the place celebrities from throughout sport, showbiz and vogue seem – as a “dream come true”, however continues to seem considerably reluctant to be pushed into the highlight because the face of girls’s golf.

“I am simply out right here doing what I really like and hopefully that is what grows the sport naturally,” Korda instructed reporters on Wednesday. “I am not making an attempt to push something. I hope that folks see me for who I’m and I really like this recreation and doing it naturally.

“On the finish of the day I feel when you carry out properly in your sport that is what grabs individuals’s consideration. I am not the kind of person who tries to push something or does something I am probably not snug with. So I hope that I simply do it naturally and that catches individuals’s consideration.”

Talking concerning the expertise, Korda added: “It was so, so loopy. You are standing in line able to get on the carpet and you are like seeing all these individuals you normally watch in TV reveals or motion pictures they usually’re like well-known singers and also you’re star-struck your complete time.

“It is the very best individuals looking forward to me. I used to be simply silent taking a look at everybody’s clothes. I’d say like I noticed Shakira and I simply love Shakira. She’s so lovely. Then Jaden Smith was actually, very nice. He was the primary particular person to say hey to me and introduce himself. Everybody was actually superb.”

Can Korda make LPGA Tour historical past?

Korda claimed her second main title and fifth straight victory within the Chevron Championship final month, equalling the document set by Nancy Lopez in 1978 and matched by Annika Sorenstam (2004-05).

When requested whether or not she is assured of extending the profitable streak this week, Korda mentioned: “If I am being sincere, I’ve not thought of it in any respect as a result of I’ve had a lot happening these two weeks. On Monday I had The Met, so have not had an excessive amount of time to consider it.

“My observe document hasn’t been the best in New Jersey. Final yr missed the minimize and we performed KPMG right here final yr too and that was a pleasant missed minimize as properly. I am actually simply making an attempt to maintain it one shot at time, see the way it goes.

“This golf course is hard. It is very, very slim off the tee. The tough may be very penalising. And it is moist this yr, so it is even worse. So simply not getting too forward of myself and taking it a shot at a time. As boring because it sounds or as many occasions as you are going to hear me say it, that is the motto and I’ll keep on with it.”

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