Nelly Korda made golf history Sunday winning her fifth straight LPGA event while simultaneously locking up the second major of her career. Korda won the 2024 Chevron Championship by two shots over Maja Stark and three shots over Natalie Coughlin and Brooke Henderson, continuing her amazing undefeated streak that dates back to the middle of January.
While Scottie Scheffler has been making headlines for his incredible level of play on the men’s side, Korda is doing him one better on the women’s side. Scheffler has won three of the last four events he’s played and is seeking to go four of five on Sunday at the 2024 RBC Heritage.
In clinching her fifth straight victory, Korda now stands alongside Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only golfers to accomplish such a feat on the LPGA Tour. She will have an opportunity to break the mark at her next event, which may come as soon as next week’s LA Championship.
Korda led the first women’s major of the year across most of a weekend that was put on hold amid inclement weather in Woodlands, Texas, just outside of Houston. She shot 68-69-69 over the first three rounds and seemed to absorb a run at the top of the leaderboard by a different player on…
