As she looks to carve her name into women’s golf history this week, Nelly Korda admits she was “star struck” when attending the Met Gala recently as her star continues to rise.
Already a superstar at the top of women’s golf, Korda is branching out into popular culture after being invited to the prestigious Met Gala this week – but it’s now back to the day job for the World No.1.
After winning The Chevron two weeks ago, Korda can make history at the Cognizant Founders Cup this week by winning a sixth LPGA Tour event in a row – but she’s not getting ahead of herself just yet.
While describing meeting pop singer Shakira as a highlight, Korda joked about a common golfer’s problem when getting ready to walk the red carpet in New York.
“I got to do something completely different and get a spray tan for the first time ever,” said Korda about her Met Gala experience.
“I couldn’t show everyone my lovely permanent sock tan. Just doing something outside of my comfort zone is definitely really cool.
“I thought, you know, I would never ever think that I would ever be able to attend the Met Gala. As a girl I watched it growing up and just in awe of all the dresses. To be on the red carpet or green carpet was a dream come true.
“It was so, so crazy. You’re standing in line ready to get on the carpet and you’re like seeing all these people you usually watch in TV shows or movies and they’re like famous singers and you’re star struck the entire time. It’s the best people watching for me. I was just silent looking at everyone’s dresses.
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“I would say like I saw Shakira and I just love Shakira. She’s so beautiful. Then Jaden Smith was really, really nice. He was the first person to say hello to me and introduce himself.
“It’s just, I mean, this is me. This is me, visor on wearing golf clothes. This is my comfort zone. It was really, really neat to step outside of my comfort zone and do something like that. That was my first time ever walking a red carpet and went out with a bang. I think it’s just downhill from here.
“But it was such a neat experience and I’m just so grateful that I had the opportunity to do that.”
Now back into golf mode – Korda insists…
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