The past 12 months had it all — crazy winning streaks, new major champs, a major-week arrest (!) and more. With 2025 on the horizon, our writers are looking back at the most memorable moments from 2024.
Biggest golf moments of 2024 No. 5: The year of Nelly Korda
If you paid any attention to women’s golf in 2024, you know it was a BIG year for Nelly Korda.
Seven wins. One major title. Eleven top 10s. A Solheim Cup victory. Sum it all up and you’ve got a runaway Player of the Year winner — and a historic season. Not since Yani Tseng in 2011 has anyone won as many times in a season as Korda did in 2024.
In a single season, the 26-year-old nearly doubled her career win total — and put a stranglehold on the top spot in the Rolex Rankings. By year’s end, the margin between Korda and the world’s second-ranked player (Ruoning Yin) was the same as the gap between Yin and No. 117. That’s some prime-Tiger Woods level of domination.
“Never in a million years would I have thought last year, 365 days ago, I would be here with seven wins in one season and another major championship,” Korda said after the LPGA Tour Championship. “Just motivated and eager to get next year going again.”
Korda’s banner year wasn’t just limited to the golf course. She shined away from the playing field as well. Back in May, she made a surprise appearance at the Met Gala, becoming the first golfer since Tiger Woods to appear at the event.
“It was just a dream come true,” Korda said. “It was really, really neat to step outside of my comfort zone and do something like that.”
That step outside her comfort zone paid off. On the strength of her broad, mainstream appeal, Korda cashed plenty of endorsement checks. By year’s end, Korda ranked as the eight-highest-paid female athlete in the world.
