Nelly Korda is an American professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. Besides, she has won titles in both the Symetra Tour and LPGA Tour. Apart from this, Nelly Korda also represented United States on the golf in the Tokyo Olympics Game 2020. Nelly Korda’s net worth estimated at $1 million as of 2021. Nelly’s primary income source comes from her profession as a golfer.
Nelly’s parent who was excellent as professional tennis players. Notwithstanding the family’s history with tennis, Nelly Korda preferred to play golf. Besides, she has her sister Jessica Korda who is also a professional golfer. Here is everything you need to know about Nelly Korda’s life.
Know About Nelly Korda’s Net Worth, Childhood Life, Career, and Relationship
Nelly Korda was born on July 28, 1998, in Bradenton, Florida to parent Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova. Both her father and mother were professional tennis players for their native country Czech Republic. Likewise, she has an elder sister, Jessica Korda and a younger brother, Sebastian.
Following Nelly’s education, she was home-schooled and completed her high school education in December 2016. Korda has hopes to go to college but due to her busy schedule as a professional golfer, she was not able to attend it.
She and her sister grew up with a keen interest in golf at a young age and began practicing 6 days a week.
Career
Korda was a member of the 2015 US Junior Solheim Cup. As an amateur, she won the 2015 Harter Hall Invitational and was a 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American.
Similarly, she began her professional career in 2016 on the Symetra Tour, where she won her first professional event at the Sioux Falls Great Life Challenge over Wichanee Meechai. The win over Meechai earned her LPGA Tour card for 2017.
Later, Korda won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship on October 28, 2018, in Taiwan for her first LPGA Tour title. This made her and her sister Jessica Korda the third pair of sisters to win in LPGA history.
Additionally, she became runner-up at the CME Group Tour Championship and a solo third at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. On February 17, 2019, Korda won the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.
With this win, Korda broke into the top 10 for the first time in the February 18, 2019 release of the Women’s World Golf Ranking. Similarly, she came to the ninth position form sixteenth and became the second highest-ranked American in the world.
Know About Nelly Korda’s Net Worth and Earnings
Previously mentioned, Nelly Korda’s net worth estimated at $1 million. The major source of her income came from the prize money with her golf career.
Furthermore, Nelly also received a good sum of amount from endorsement deals.
Know About Personal Life and Relationship
Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis player Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova. Apart from this, her father is a tennis grand slam champion who won the 1998 Australian Open. Similarly, her younger brother, Sebastian, won the 2018 Australian Open tennis title in the boy’s division.
Her sister Jessica Korda also plays on the LPGA Tours.
Following on Korda’s relationship, he is currently in a romantic relationship with his boyfriend, Andreas Athanasiou. The 23 years old golfer, Nelly Korda’s boyfriend Andreas Athanasiou is a professional hockey player. Moreover, Andreas played in a center position for the Los Angeles Kings of National Hockey League.
Moreover, the lovebirds started dating from late 2019. However, the couple has maintained a low-key profile on their dating status. Apart from this, they often appears on their social media account. Nelly Korda frequently post a picture of his boyfriend on his Instagram account.
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