Nelly Korda won't be making a sweep of all the LPGA awards this year. The No. 1 player in the women’s world ranking, Korda will not qualify for the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Nelly Korda - The Canadian PressNelly Korda won't be making a sweep of all the LPGA awards this year.
The only way for her to be eligible would be to play all four tournaments left on the schedule after Malaysia. Those are in Japan, Hawaii and two in Florida. That’s unlikely. There are four left-handed players among the top 50 in the world, the most since the ranking began in 1986. The last group of southpaws this talented were Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Mike Weir, but they were never among the top 50 at the same time.
That so many players used it in Las Vegas was not a surprise because a majority of players use Titleist, anyway. But for years, most tour professionals used a wound ball that gave them more spin and control around the greens, even if that meant sacrificing some distance. Billy Andrade switched and won in Las Vegas. Phil Mickelson switched and was runner-up. Mickelson ended the year beating Tiger Woods at the Tour Championship and said of the ball, “I feel I am a whole different player.”
Titleist introduced the Pro V1 about five months later. Its first major champions using the new ball were Karrie Webb in the 2001 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles and Retief Goosen in the U.S. Open at Southern Hills two weeks later.Matt McCarty this year and Jason Gore in 2005 are the only players to win three times on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour to earn an instant promotion to the PGA Tour, and then win on the PGA Tour in the same season.
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