The LPGA Tour finished their early season Florida swing at the inaugural LPGA Drive on Championship Presented by Volvik at Golden Ocala. The ladies played for a purse of $1.5 million and 500 points to the CME Race to the Globe on a par 72 layout measuring 6,526 yards.First RoundNelly Korda picked up where she left off last week, firing a round of 67 which included five birdies and no bogeys. At five-under par, she was tied at the top with Jennifer Kupcho and Austin Ernst. They held a one-shot le
Since making her professional debut at the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open, Jennifer Kupcho has vaulted her way into the top 20 in the Rolex World Golf Rankings. The 23-year-old from Littleton, Colorado is also in the mix to be one four women to represent the United States at the Olympics in Tokyo this summer.Kupcho started playing golf at the age of five and became a top junior amateur player, winning the 2014 Colorado Junior Stroke Play Championship. She also tied for eighth at the USGA Girls Junior A
The first event of the 2021 LPGA Tour season teed off at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions at the Four Seasons Golf & Sports Club in Orlando, Florida. Debuting in 2109, the tournament is limited to winners of LPGA Tour events over the past two years. There is also a pro-am and celebrity event. The top amateurs during the pro-am play in the main tournament. A Stableford-based scoring system is used for the celebrity portion of the event. Gaby Lopez won last year for the LPGA port
Nelly Korda was born on July 28, 1998 in Bradenton, Florida. The daughter of former professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova, Korda’s role models growing up were tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.Just shy of her 15th birthday, Korda played in the U.S. Women’s Open and made the cut, finishing tied for 64th. Two years later, Korda was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup, and won the Harter Hall Invitational and the PING Invitational. Korda was recognized fo
