Jessica Regina Korda ( cs, Jessica Kordová) (born February 27, 1993) is an Czech-American

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who plays on the

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Amateur career

Korda was a member of the 2009 U.S.

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and the 2010 U.S.

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teams. As an amateur, she won the 2010 South Atlantic Amateur and made the cut at the 2008 and 2009

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s. 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. She represented the

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in the World Amateur Team Championship

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in 2006, and represented the United States in 2010, finishing tied for 4th individually and silver medalist with her team. Korda entered LPGA Tour

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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

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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

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season, the

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at Royal Melbourne. After rounds of 72-70-73-74, her victory came on the second hole of a six-person playoff. Korda won her second LPGA Tour title at the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic in January 2014, finishing one shot ahead of

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Personal life

Korda is the daughter of retired professional tennis players

Petr Korda Petr Korda (born 23 January 1968) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and was runner-up at the 1992 French Open, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in February 1998. Korda tested positive for dopin ...

and

Regina Rajchrtová Regina Rajchrtová, married Kordová (5 February 1968) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. On 1 April 1991 she reached a career world ranking high of 26. Persona ...

. 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. Her younger sister

Nelly Korda Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual ...

joined her on the 2017 LPGA Tour after earning her card via the Symetra Tour and advanced to world number one on the

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in 2021. She married her longtime boyfriend Johnny DelPrete on December 11, 2021.

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*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

^ official as of 2022 season
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the Czech Republic):

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(representing the United States):

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(representing the United States): 2009 (winners) *

(representing the United States):

(winners) Professional *

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(representing the United States):

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(injured, did not play),

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International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. History It debuted in 2014 at ...

(representing the United States):

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Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korda, Jessica American female golfers Czech female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Olympic golfers of the United States Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Golfers from Florida Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida American people of Czech descent 1993 births Living people 21st-century American women