CLIFTON, N.J. — Historical past may very well be beckoning this weekend for Nelly Korda, however the world’s present No.1 girls’s golfer mentioned Wednesday that her busy off-course life has saved these ideas from getting into her thoughts.
“If I am being sincere,” Korda mentioned, “I’ve not considered it in any respect.”
With a win on the Cognizant Founders Cup, Korda would declare her sixth straight event victory, setting an LPGA benchmark for consecutive wins.
Korda, nonetheless, has had loads to maintain her busy to assist maintain her thoughts off the file.
After catching up on relaxation after profitable the Chevron, Korda hosted her first junior beginner occasion — an all-girls event final week in her hometown of Bradenton, Florida. On Monday, she was in New York Metropolis, strolling the carpet on the Met Gala.
“I have never had an excessive amount of time to consider it,” Korda mentioned of the file amid her busy schedule.
She mentioned her thoughts has in any other case been targeted on ramping up her coaching and the course at Higher Montclair Nation Membership, which is the location of this weekend’s Cognizant Founders Cup and likewise the place she did not make the reduce final Might.
“This golf course is hard,” Korda mentioned. “It’s totally, very slim off the tee, the tough could be very penalizing. And it is moist this yr, so it is even worse.
“So simply not getting too forward of myself and taking it a shot at a time. As boring because it sounds or as many instances as you guys are going to listen to me say it, that’s the motto and I will keep on with it.”
Along with lacking the reduce eventually yr’s Cognizant Founders Cup, Korda additionally did not make it to the weekend on the following occasion — the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship, which was additionally in New Jersey.
“My monitor file hasn’t been the best in New Jersey,” Korda mentioned. “So I am actually simply making an attempt to maintain it one shot at a time, and see the way it goes.”
Her profitable streak started in late January with a win on the LPGA Drive On Championship in Bradenton, Florida. After a seven-week layoff, she returned to motion in mid-March, then rattled off three extra wins earlier than taking a break the week earlier than the Chevron Championship.
Korda admitted the stretch has been mentally taxing, significantly as she has gotten nearer to the file. It is why she skipped the JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles after her final win.
“I simply felt like mentally, I simply wanted the remaining,” Korda mentioned. “I used to be simply so mentally drained going via all these conditions and high-pressure moments.”