Nelly Korda is going in search of her second Major title in this week’s AIG Women’s Open at Walton Heath in England.
However, in preparation for her latest attempt to add to her 2021 PGA title, she ran into difficulties during a practice round on the heathland course when trying to get her ball out of the heather.
“Yeah, almost broke my wrist today,” explained Korda in her press conference after her round. “It’s not easy. It’s really bouncy. If you get a good lie, then maybe but I would say 95 per cent of the time you will be pitching out with a 58 degree just to try to get it back into play. It’s really tough to get out of that.”
If Korda is to win the tournament, it won’t just be the heather she needs to be wary of. She also admitted the changing conditions of the course could be a factor.
She said: “It’s very soft, especially yesterday. I mean, completely different golf course from yesterday today. But it plays pretty long, and it’s going to be a good challenge depending on what the weather is going to be like, if the golf course is going to firm up by the end of the week it could play completely different to the practice rounds.”
The American, who recently reclaimed the World No.1 spot from Jin Young Ko, also explained that the course will offer a far different challenge to those she is more used to in her homeland. She continued: “I would say it’s a completely different style of golf. I would say depending on the weather and style of golf course, you have to have a lot of creativity out here.
“You have to hit shots you normally wouldn’t on other golf courses. Typically with golf courses in the US, it’s very tight off – and you have to hit it high into the greens, and here you actually can chase it up. I mean, here you have to hit low bullets out here so the wind doesn’t affect it.”
Korda’s comments come after several other pros expressed their thoughts on Walton Heath’s heather. Rose Zhang said it was “beautiful but it’s terrible to be in” while defending champion Ashleigh Buhai said: “I don’t know what those little purple flowers are for but you don’t want to be in those.”
As for Korda, she heads into the tournament…
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