When Nelly Korda lifted her seventh individual title of 2024 at The Annika, very few would have predicted the then-World No.1 would strike out over the following year.
Then, when she finished second by two strokes to A Lim Kim at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions – following a blistering charge towards the end – to start the season, Korda’s play suggested it was only a matter of time until professional win number 21 arrived on the scene.
However, as difficult as it is to believe, Korda did in fact go winless at individual events throughout 2025.
Twice a runner-up from 19 starts, the 27-year-old populated the top-10 at tournaments on seven other occasions and was inside the top-25 six times. She also didn’t miss a single cut, but there was never a trophy at the end of the week.
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HOW DID NELLY KORDA NOT WIN IN 2025?
How Korda went from winning what felt like every week to not triumphing at all is even more difficult to explain when some of her game’s statistics are taken into account.
In 2024, the Bradenton, Florida-born pro gained 0.87 strokes off the tee while enjoying an average driving distance of 269.79 yards – ranked 20th on the LPGA Tour. Fast forward a year and Korda had gained 0.94 strokes off the tee, mainly as a result of adding almost five yards on to her average driving distance (274.58 yards) which put her eighth.
Similarly, at the other end of each hole, Korda noticeably improved on the greens. In terms of SG: Putting, she increased her numbers from 0.41 last year to 0.60 this term while Korda managed to take half a stroke off in the ‘average putts per round’ category, moving from 30.02 in 2024 to 29.54 in 2025.
Overall, her scoring average dropped marginally, too, from 69.56 to 69.44. That was arguably even more impressive given Korda played 14 more rounds this season compared to last (60 – 2024, 74 – 2025).
Fuelling the drop in scoring average was 335 occasions of birdie or better compared to just 258 during her seven-win campaign.
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THE STATS DON’T LIE…
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