LPGA reduces season-opening Tournament of Champions to 54 holes as Nelly Korda lands first win since November 2024.

In the hyper-fickle world of professional golf gear, Nelly Korda was an outlier. For two seasons, she leaned on the same TaylorMade Qi10 Max driver; for nearly eight years, she refused to budge from a specific compact, pear-shaped head profile that fit her eye.

Nelly Korda shared candid thoughts on TGL, WTGL, and why she believes golf missed a major opportunity with its new leagues. The post Nelly Korda Said Golf’s New Tech Leagues Made ‘Unbelievable Miss’ appeared first on Heavy Sports.

Nelly Korda believes Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods missed a huge opportunity by not making their TGL golf league co-ed instead of launching a new women's version

Korda's play was so superior on Saturday, in fact, that she bested the field's scoring average by nine strokes, though it's worth noting she played seven groups ahead of the leaders and wasn't in the worst of the wind as long as others.

On the same day Korda questioned moves by the WTGL, the league announced the signing of two former World Amateur No. 1s—American Rose Zhang and Englishwoman Lottie Woad. Last week, the WTGL announced its first wave of golfers who committed: current World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul, Lydia Ko, Lexi Thompson, Brooke Henderson and Charley Hull.

The LPGA star told Golfweek she's got mixed feelings about the new WTGL and is disappointed it was split off of the current TGL league.

The Perfect Start in Imperfect Conditions Korda's round began with the kind of start every golfer dreams about. Birdies on the first two holes. Then came the shot of the day on the par-5 third, where she holed out from the fairway with a 50-degree wedge for eagle.