Nelly Korda Height, Weight, Net Worth, Biography, Other Facts

With parents who used to be very lucky as professional tennis players, Nelly Korda had the right platform to learn about the sport while growing up. Both of Nelly’s parents – Petr Korda (father) and Regina Rajchrtová (mother) are retired professional tennis players. Petr, as a youth, won the 1998 Australian Open title, making him a Grand Slam champion. Likewise, Nelly’s younger brother Sebastian followed in his parents’ footsteps and won the 2018 Australian Open title in the boys division. In addition to being the defending champion, the young star also sits second in the ITF World Junior Rankings.

Despite the family’s history with tennis, Nelly Korda and her sister Jessica preferred to play golf and do very well in the game when both Korda sisters play on the LPGA Tour.

Biography of Nelly Korda

On July 28, 1998, in Bradenton, Florida, the golfer was born as the second child in her family. She was born to former professional tennis players, Petr Korda and his wife, Regina Rajchrtová, who played for the Czech Republic, their home country. Of the three children born to the tennis players, only one, their son Sebastian, has followed in their footsteps and is doing remarkably well in his chosen career. Their daughters, on the other hand, chose to chart their own course on the golf course, building their careers from the amateur stage to current professional status. At a very young age, the sisters began to practice golf and improve their skills at least six times a week.

Although there are no elaborate details about her post-schooling, we can confirm that Nelly was home-schooled and already graduated from high school in December 2016. Although she hopes to one day enter university, Nelly Korda is more interested in her professional career. golfer at the moment. In 2013 at the U.S. Women’s Open, she made her big league debut. Three years later, her sister Jessica was moved to tears when Nelly received her professional card in 2016.

His amateur career as a golfer

Prior to turning pro, Korda was a member of the 2015 US Solheim Junior Cup also won the title for the 2015 Harter Hall Invitational, the 2015 PING Invitational and was named as the 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior All-American. Earlier in 2013, she was selected for the US Open.

Professional career as a golfer

After obtaining his professional card in 2016, Korda began his professional career in 2016 on the Symetra Tour. During the tour, she picked up her first win as a pro at the GreatLIFE Challenge in Sioux Falls. She shot rounds of 68-67-69-66 for a 3-shot win over Wichanee Meechai. In addition to her win, she finished the season ranked 9th on the earning list, earning her the LPGA Tour card for 2017. That same year, Nelly finished eighth in the July Marathon Classic.

Nelly Korda’s height, weight and other body measurements

This superb golf star has a good build and good endowments. She is 1.78m tall, but her weight and other measurements are not available at this time.

Other interesting facts about Nelly Korda

Nelly was born as the second daughter of professional tennis players – Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova, who professionally represented their country, the Czech Republic.

While her younger brother Sebastian plays tennis like their parents, Nelly and her older sister Jessica are golfers.

She looks up to her older sister and the two are a close-knit couple. Outside of golf, they played tennis, gymnastics, figure skating, and skiing, but their love of golf surpassed all of that.

Her early studies were received at home, and she aspires to enter university in the future.

The name of the trainer who trains Nelly is David.Whelan. He played professional golf on the European Tour in 1987 and with his many years of experience he always told Nelly to ‘don’t think beyond the first tee shot’.

While Jack Fulghum is her caddy, her father once served her on the junior tours when she was a budding player.