Nelly Korda played with big sister Jessica as her partner in her first event as the No. 1 player in the world. The round started on the first tee with new LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan handing out the No. 1 caddie bib to Nelly’s longtime looper, Jason McDede.
The round ended with the Kordas in a share of the lead at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational after an opening 5-under 65 in the alternate-shot format. The pair are joined by defending champions Cydney Clanton/Jasmine Suwannapura, Aditi Ashok/Pajaree Anannarukarn and Lauren Stephenson/Jillian Hollis.
Asked what she did to celebrate becoming No. 1, Nelly said: “Absolutely nothing.”
Jessica added: “Watched our brother play tennis.”
“Yeah, I was stressed and watched Seb play tennis the first week honestly,” Nelly continued, “and then I took a few days off and then I got back to grinding again. We have a lot of events, important events coming up. You don’t even have the time to kind of let it sink in in a sense to kind of enjoy it, but I just took a couple days for myself and just started practicing again.”
