Jessica Korda

Jessica Korda
Korda at the 2011 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	(1993-02-27) February 27, 1993 (age 31) Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationality	United States Czech Republic
Residence	Jupiter Island, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Johnny DelPrete
Children	1
Career
College	None
Turned professional	2010
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	2nd: 2022
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 Regina Korda (Czech: Jessica Kordová) (born February 27, 1993) is a Czech-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 individually and silver medalist with her team.^[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.

Korda represented United States at the Solheim Cup in 2013, 2019 and 2021. She also qualified for the U.S. team in 2017, after finishing fifth in points, but did not play after withdrawing with a forearm injury and was replaced by Paula Creamer.^[6]

2023

She announced on May 28, she will stop playing indefinitely to rehab her back injury that has been a concern at the start of the season.^[7] Sister Nelly Korda announced she will miss the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open event at Liberty National Golf Club on June 1, because of her back pain.^[8]

Personal life

Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová.^[9]^[10] 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.^[11]

Her younger sister Nelly Korda joined her on the 2017 LPGA Tour after earning her card via the Symetra Tour^[12] and advanced to world number one on the Women's World Golf Rankings in 2021.

She married her longtime boyfriend Johnny DelPrete on December 11, 2021.^[13] In August 2023, the couple announced that she was pregnant with their first child, due in February 2024.^[14] Korda gave birth on February 3.^[15]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

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	Julieta Granada Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome So Yeon Ryu Hee Kyung Seo	165,000
2	Jan 26, 2014	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	69-66-72-66=273	−19	1 stroke	Stacy Lewis	195,000
3	May 25, 2014	Airbus LPGA Classic	67-67-69-65=268	−20	1 stroke	Anna Nordqvist	195,000
4	Oct 11, 2015	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	69-67-65-65=266	−18	4 strokes	Shanshan Feng Lydia Ko Stacy Lewis	300,000
5	Feb 25, 2018	Honda LPGA Thailand	66-62-68-67=263	−25	4 strokes	Moriya Jutanugarn Lexi Thompson	240,000
6	Jan 24, 2021	Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions	65-69-60-66=260	−24	Playoff	Danielle Kang	180,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2012	Women's Australian Open	Julieta Granada Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome So Yeon Ryu Hee Kyung Seo	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2021	Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions	Danielle Kang	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Chevron Championship			T67		CUT	T25	T24	CUT	CUT	T11	T4	T6	CUT	T36	2	T28
Women's PGA Championship				CUT	T55	T49	T40	CUT	CUT	T14	T4	T21	T58	T15	T10
U.S. Women's Open	T19	T26	CUT	T34	T39	T7	CUT	CUT	T17	T21	CUT	T10	T23	T30	T63
The Evian Championship ^						T37	71	CUT	T22	CUT	T8	T17	NT	T38	CUT
Women's British Open				CUT	CUT	T25	T5	CUT	CUT	WD	T42	T44		T59	T37

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	1	2	3	6	13	9
Women's PGA Championship	0	1	2	5	12	9
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	2	6	15	11
The Evian Championship	0	0	1	3	9	6
Women's British Open	0	1	1	2	11	6
Totals	1	4	9	22	60	41

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2020 U.S. Open – 2022 WPGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2018 Evian – 2019 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nds	3rds	Top 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	n/a	n/a	73.25	n/a
2010	3	1	0	0	0	0	T67	n/a	n/a	75.12	n/a
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	692,803	24	70.78	21
2017	21	18	0	1	2	4	T2	702,097	26	70.18	16
2018	18	16	1	0	1	6	1	883,924	18	70.05	6
2019	18	15	0	2	0	6	2	874,588	22	70.08	15
2020	13	11	0	0	0	2	T6	246,578	46	71.11	19
2021	17	17	1	1	1	5	1	774,047	23	69.79	8
2022	14	13	0	1	0	6	2	976,487	23	70.39	23
2023	6	3	0	0	0	0	T18	62,449	149	72.65	n/a
Totals^ (as member)	233	191	6	8	7	50	1	7,605,903	43	–	–
Totals (as non-member)	5	3	0	0	0	0	T19	–	–	–	–

^ official as of 2023 season^[16]^[17]^[18]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year	World ranking	Source
2008	330	^[19]
2009	312	^[20]
2010	466	^[21]
2011	313	^[22]
2012	78	^[23]
2013	41	^[24]
2014	24	^[25]
2015	26	^[26]
2016	29	^[27]
2017	26	^[28]
2018	13	^[29]
2019	17	^[30]
2020	23	^[31]
2021	21	^[32]
2022	18	^[33]
2023	129	^[34]

Team appearances

Amateur

Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the Czech Republic): 2006
European Girls' Team Championship (representing the Czech Republic): 2007^[35]
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the United States): 2010
Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2009 (winners)
Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners)

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2013, 2019, 2021
International Crown (representing the United States): 2018

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total Matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points Won	Points %
Career	11	5–4–2	2–0–1	3–2–0	0–2–1	6	54.5
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
2019	4	3–0–1	1–0–0 def. C. Masson 3&2	2–0–0 won w/ N. Korda 6&4, won w/ N. Korda 6&5	0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson	3.5	87.5
2021	3	1–2–0	1–0–0 def. C. Hull 3&1	0–1–0 lost w/ N. Korda 1 dn	0–1–0 lost w/ M. Khang 1 dn	1.0	33.3

References

^ Chase, Chris (August 16, 2010). "Grand Slam champ Korda caddies his daughter to amateur finals". Retrieved February 13, 2012.
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^ "World Amateur Team Championship - Women's Individual". Retrieved February 13, 2012.
^ "Jessica Korda Official Scorecard 2012 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open". Golf Australia. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ "Tennis star's daughter wins first LPGA title". Toronto Sun. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
^ Lawhon, Danny (August 8, 2017). "Paula Creamer named as U.S. Solheim Cup replacement". USA Today.
^ Sarah Kellam (May 29, 2023). "Jessica Korda Announces She Will "Stop Playing" To Rehab Back Injury". LPGA. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
^ Sarah Kellam (May 23, 2023). "Nelly Korda Will Not Play Mizuho Americas Open". LPGA. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
^ "Jessica Korda wins Australian in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. February 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
^ Shefter, David (2009). "This Korda Finds Love With Golf". USGA. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
^ "Korda fires caddie mid-round". ESPN. Associated Press. June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
^ "N. Korda earns LPGA card via Symetra Tour". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
^ "Jessica Korda Ties the Knot With Pro Golfer Johnny DelPrete". essentiallysports. December 12, 2021.
^ Myers, Alex (August 25, 2023). "Jessica Korda announces she's pregnant in adorable fashion". Golf Digest.
^ "Six-time LPGA Tour winner Jessica Korda becomes 1st-time mom". ESPN. Field Level Media. February 6, 2024.
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^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.

External links

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Jessica Korda at the LPGA Tour official site
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Jessica Korda in the Solheim Cup

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2013
Paula Creamer Cristie Kerr Jessica Korda Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Gerina Piller Morgan Pressel Lizette Salas Angela Stanford Lexi Thompson Michelle Wie Meg Mallon (non-playing captain) Laura Diaz (non-playing assistant captain) Dottie Pepper (non-playing assistant captain)
Lost: 10–18

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2019
Marina Alex Brittany Altomare Danielle Kang Megan Khang Jessica Korda Nelly Korda Ally McDonald Annie Park Morgan Pressel Lizette Salas Lexi Thompson Angel Yin Juli Inkster (non-playing captain) Pat Hurst (non-playing assistant captain) Nancy Lopez (non-playing assistant captain) Wendy Ward (non-playing assistant captain)
Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2021
Brittany Altomare Austin Ernst Ally Ewing Mina Harigae Danielle Kang Megan Khang Jessica Korda Nelly Korda Jennifer Kupcho Yealimi Noh Lizette Salas Lexi Thompson Pat Hurst (non-playing captain) Stacy Lewis (non-playing assistant captain) Angela Stanford (non-playing assistant captain) Michelle Wie West (non-playing assistant captain)
Lost: 13–15

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