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Where Nelly Korda’s LPGA win streak ranks among the all-time greats

2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Lorena Ochoa jumps into the water to celebrate her victory after the final round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club on April 6, 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Korda became the first player to win four consecutive starts on the LPGA since Ochoa in 2008. Ochoa’s streak started at the Safeway International at Superstition Mountain in Arizona, followed by her second major title at the Kraft Nabisco. She then moved down to her native Mexico at the Corona Open before finishing up at the Ginn Open in Florida. That’s four wins in four weeks.

When Ochoa won the Corona, her team estimated that she signed 3,000 autographs a day.

Mickey Wright (1962, 1963) is the only other player in LPGA history to win four tournaments in a row without a week off.

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