American world primary Nelly Korda has clinched the LPGA’s points-based participant of the yr award with three occasions left within the 2024 season, the highest girls’s skilled golf circuit mentioned on Monday.
The 26-year-old Korda has claimed six victories in 2024 and had three further top-10 finishes. At one level in the course of the yr Korda gained 5 consecutive tournaments, a run she capped by securing her second main title.
“This season has had its highs and challenges, and I’m simply actually grateful for the folks round me who’ve helped me get right here,” Korda mentioned in an LPGA information launch. “It’s been a workforce effort, and I’m proud to share this second with them.”
Korda, who missed the autumn Asian swing attributable to a minor neck harm, additionally represented america within the girls’s golf competitors on the Paris Olympics and was a part of the profitable workforce on the Solheim Cup.
Previous to final week’s Japan Basic, solely Ayaka Furue had the potential to catch Korda however would have needed to win the season’s ultimate 4 occasions to tie for the award. Japan’s Furue completed in a share of tenth final week.