Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA presented by CTBC
Miramar Golf Country Club | New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei | Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Bradenton, Fla.
Birthdate: July 28, 1998; currently 21 years, 3 months and 6 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished ninth on the 2016 Epson Tour season-ending money list
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2016/2017
VICTORIES
LPGA: Third career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2019 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, 2018 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Korda earns 500 points and is projected to move from ninth to fourth in the Race to CME Globe with 2,547 points
MONEY
With her win, Korda earns $330,000; she has earned $1,395,909 this season and $2,893,023 for her career
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
19 events played, 18 cuts made, $1,395,909, two victories, nine additional top-10 finishes
PREVIOUS TAIWAN SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA RESULTS
2018 – WIN; 2017 – T17
OF NOTE
- Korda won with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Minjee Lee and Caroline Masson; it was Korda's first career playoff
- With her second win of the year, Nelly Korda is the first American with multiple wins in the 2019 season
- Korda is the third player this season to successfully defend a 2018 title, joining Brooke Henderson at the LOTTE Championship and Danielle Kang at the Buick LPGA Shanghai
- She is the seventh player to have multiple wins this season, joining Hannah Green (2), Brooke Henderson (2), Mi Jung Hur (2), Jin Young Ko (4), Sei Young Kim (2) and Sung Hyun Park (2)
- Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2018 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA, which was played at the Ta Shee Golf and Country Club
- Korda and her older sister Jessica (five wins) are one of three sets of sisters in LPGA history to both win titles, joining Annika Sorenstam (72 wins) and Charlotta Sorenstam (one win), and Ariya Jutanugarn (10 wins) and Moriya Jutanugarn (one win)
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