LPGA star Nelly Korda joins an all-star lineup of more than 20 professional golfers featured in the PGA Tour 2K23 video game on July 5.
The eight-time LPGA Tour winner, with one major victory, becomes the fourth professional women’s golfer available on the PGA Tour 2K23 roster. In addition to Korda, the game features LPGA Tour players Lexi Thompson, Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson as well as PGA Tour players Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau, among others.
Now, fans and gamers can play as or against Korda on more than 26 officially licensed PGA Tour courses, including Pebble Beach Golf Links — the site of the 78th U.S. Women’s Open, which begins Thursday. This week, Korda will be one of 156 female golfers in the world teeing off at Pebble Beach for the first time in women’s major history.
“This is my first time playing Pebble,” Korda told ESPN. “As a kid, I would play golf games literally playing Pebble in the video game. It was something I did with my brother [professional tennis player Sebastian Korda] as a bonding experience. … It’s sentimental.”
Korda, who won the 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, added, “People will get to watch me play Pebble and then play me, play as me at Pebble. I think…
