Relaxation is the buzzword as Nelly Korda prepares to compete on the Amundi Evian Championship this weekend in Evian-les-Bains, France.
The world’s No. 1 participant has felt lucky to have the ability to recharge in current weeks, spending time with household at residence in Bradenton, Florida, in anticipation of the upcoming slate.
The Evian Resort Golf Membership-hosted occasion over the approaching days dovetails into three extra LPGA occasions, Olympic competitors — wherein Korda will characterize the US — after which a string of three straight $2 million-plus purses by means of the top of August.
Clearly, gearing up for a giant run is not the worst concept.
“Yeah, it is virtually like we’ve 5 majors in a row,” Korda mentioned. “It is a number of high-pressure golf for positive, in order vital as it’s to observe and to grind, it is also actually vital to recharge your batteries after a fairly lengthy stretch.”
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The 25-year-old has had a tough go of issues of late, having missed her previous three cuts (a primary for her as an expert). These disappointing outcomes coincided with a battle in opposition to fatigue and an odd incident involving a canine biting her on the thigh at a Seattle espresso store.
Korda would not count on many tears to be shed on her account, nevertheless.
Her final made lower got here in Might on the Mizuho Americas Open — the place she gained her sixth event of the season.
These victories got here in a span of seven tournaments (together with 5 wins in a row at one level), and the burst has few historic equivalents. These wins have netted her almost $3 million in earnings.
“I feel I’ve gone by means of each emotion attainable, and it is simply July,” Korda mentioned. “, I really like this sport. I really like the unhealthy, I really like the great.
“The unhealthy makes you recognize the great, and that is simply how it’s. It is sports activities. In the event you care so deeply about it, you are simply going to undergo the wave of the curler coaster.”
Now, Korda feels rejuvenated with Evian on deck. It is a course she has warmed as much as over time, recording 4 straight top-25 finishes after beforehand lacking the lower as a rookie in 2017.
She’ll later return to France for the Olympics.
“Gosh, I am so excited,” Korda mentioned. “Any time I get to characterize my nation, it is simply such a extremely large honor. To get to do this on the Olympics goes to be an incredible expertise once more. Attending to do it in Paris, perhaps this yr getting to observe a pair sports activities that we did not get to do in Japan and Tokyo. … It may be a bit of unhappy not attending to go along with my sister. I feel that is what was so particular about 2021, was attending to share that have with Jess.
“However, yeah, I am simply actually excited to characterize the USA on the Olympics once more.”
