Korda to take Woods-like dominance into US Open

Nelly Korda 

Nelly Korda arrives into the biggest week on the women’s golf calendar as a red-hot favourite to land her first US Open title having won six of her last seven tournaments.

It is a period of extraordinary dominance. In those tournaments, stretching back to late January, she has beaten a combined 883 competitors, losing to only six by finishing seventh in the only event she has not won.

In the half-dozen strokeplay events involved, she is an aggregate 74 under par.

The world standings show the points average gap between Korda and Lilia Vu, her closest rival, is greater than the margin between the world number two and any other golfer who features in the ranking list.

It is the stuff of Tiger Woods in his pomp and similar to the way Scottie Scheffler currently dominates the divided men’s game.

After Korda’s most recent win at the Mizuho Americas Cup in New Jersey, PGA Tour player Michael Kim posted on social media that the women’s world number one should be welcomed onto the leading men’s circuit.

“Would be really cool to see Nelly get an exemption to a PGA Tour tournament,” said the American, who is routinely one of the most interesting and insightful players on X (formerly Twitter).