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US stars Nelly and Jessica Korda are excited to be competing once again in the Aramco Team Series with the latest tournament set to take place at La Reserva Club de Sotogrande from August 18-20th.
The sisters made their first appearance in the Aramco Team Series – New York last October when Jessica led her quartet to victory after a thrilling play-off that finished in the dark. And Nelly came so close to making it a Korda double, finishing runner-up to Charley Hull in the individual event that ran alongside the team tournament.
The innovative series that combines team and individual play is staged as part of the Ladies European Tour and has already seen $1million events take place in Bangkok and London in 2022. This week the Aramco Team Series has landed in Andalucía in southern Spain and the Kordas are looking forward to teeing it up on their first visit to the country, which will host next year’s Solheim Cup.
Nelly, 24, said: “You’re always just trying to grow the game of golf, get more people interested, show them that it’s super exciting and I think the Aramco Team Series does that perfectly.
“It’s always really exciting when you kind of get to do something a little different – a little unique. I think it brings in a little bit of new energy, so I enjoy this event. I definitely enjoyed my time in New York and I was really excited to come back, here in Sotogrande especially. I’ve heard so many great things about Spain and the golf course.”
Jessica, 29, is also a strong advocate of the format in which the first two days will see 36 teams target the lion’s share of a $500,000 prize pot. Each quartet has a captain, who selects one team-mate at a players’ draft, while they are also all allocated a further professional along with an amateur.
Last year in New York saw Jessica’s team triumph under the lights after they fought out extra holes with Sophia Popov’s quartet, who tied at the top in regulation play.
Jessica said: “It was a lot of fun. The whole playoff scenario was so different to what we normally have. Sophia and I asked to change the lighting a couple of times so we…
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