The Kordas And The Amazing Winning Siblings Feat
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Nelly Korda wins: some trophies are easier to kiss than others.
We don’t want to get too far removed from the weekend’s action without pausing to consider the remarkable feat of siblings winning on the same tour.
I’m fairly certainly this is Final Golf Jeopardy material here, from Al Lunsford of the LPGA:
With her win, Nelly Korda joined her sister, five-time LPGA winner Jessica Korda, in the winner’s circle on Sunday, making the Kordas just the third set of sisters to win on the LPGA Tour in history.
Annika Sorenstam (72 wins) and Charlotta Sorenstam (one win) were the first to accomplish the feat in 2000, and were joined by Ariya Jutanugarn (10 wins) and Moriya Jutanugarn (one win) earlier this season when Moriya won the 2018 HUGEL-JTBC LA Open.
Imagine that. Two of the three pairings to have done so accomplished the feat in 2018.
Big sister Jessica was a blubbering mess after the win:
