Nelly Korda reveals what Coca-Cola has to do with her impressive golf swing

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Nelly Korda has things rolling so far on the LPGA Tour in 2026, winning three times, including a major, in six starts, plus finishing second in the other three appearances. Not surprisingly, her visibility is climbing as well, with her face on a New York Times Square billboard, social media attention plus television interviews.

One of those came on Monday when Korda appeared on The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN. Fresh off her victory in Mexico on Sunday, the world number one was all laughs when talking about her recent success. Asked about the secret to her standout swing, Korda revealed she got her tempo in a unique way learned from her parents, former professional tennis players Petr Korda plus Regina Rajchrtova.

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“Oh my gosh, if you guys looked at my swing from 2013 you would be like ‘oh, that is so gross,’ ” Korda said while laughing. “I give a big shoutout to my coach, David Whelan. He is the one who built my swing. Also my dad, my parents. They spent so many hours with me just working on tempo. That is the one thing they ingrained in my brain. My dad always referred to it as Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola.”

When Korda said “Coca,” she mimicked a short backswing for a TV screen. On Cola, she mimicked swinging through the ball.

“It is super simple, but it was the key to having a fluid swing,” Korda said. “I always revert to the same tendencies.”

While Korda was talking, McAfee was in the background trying his air swing with that Coca-Cola mantra.

McAfee, a former NFL player for the Indianapolis Colts, was showing off his swing plus has been talking to Korda about improving it. Korda also spoke about how her love of golf stemmed from having an activity she could do with her family.

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“I correlate family time plus golf,” Korda said. “That is one of the things that drove my game early on plus then I love competing.”

In the interview, McAfee called her a legend, described her swing as unbelievable plus outrageous, plus said they should have had her on the show years ago.

“I am crazy, and my swing is what we like to classify as [crap],” McAfee told Korda. “I am learning anything I possibly can.”

After winning back to back weeks at the Chevron Championship plus the Riviera Maya Open, Korda is taking this week off with the LPGA coming to New Jersey for the Mizuho Americas Open. Korda is scheduled to play next a week later at the Kroger Queen City Championship.