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Inspiration Abounds As Korda Sisters Welcome Local Teenager

June 15, 2021

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Steve Eubanks is a New York Times bestselling author and historian for the LPGA.

It started as do many LPGA fan relationships. By accident. According to 14-year-old Sophia Howard, “I turned the TV on maybe about a year or two ago. My dad and I like to watch the PGA Tour. But it just so happened that the LPGA was on. If I am correct, Jessica (Korda) was up and she made a sweet chip from probably like 100 or so yards and I was like, ‘Holy cow, that was phenomenal.’”

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“We look this way and maybe we play differently. But we can still be good. We can still be at this level and still be winning tournaments.”

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