Korda didn’t want to reveal the cause of her blood clots, citing medical privacy, but she did admit that it was painful to see the golf world proceed without her.
Nelly Korda, the No.2 ranked golfer in the Rolex Women’s Rankings, announced on Sunday that she has been diagnosed with a blood clot and is recuperating at home in Florida.
This is the second straight year that the top players in scoring average aren’t eligible for the Vare Trophy because of failing to reach the minimum-round threshold, although the pandemic in 2020 understandable impacted how many events players could reasonably compete in.
If you take more data into account and consider a few subjective measures, would the race between the duo look different or still be too close to call?
There was always going to be something historic about this week’s Aramco Team Series-New York event at Glen Oaks Club on Long Island given it was the first Ladies European Tour event ever to be played in the United States. But the finish created its own novelty.