Nelly Korda skips KPMG Ladies’s PGA champions dinner with sore neck however ‘prepared’ for third main of 2025 | Golf Information

Nelly Korda skipped the champions dinner earlier than the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship due to a sore neck however the world No 1 insists she’ll be prepared for the beginning of the third main of the yr come Thursday.

Korda’s challenge flared up after taking a shot out of the tough throughout a follow spherical on Monday, with therapeutic tape on the again of her neck seen when she spoke to the media on Tuesday.

Korda, who late final yr skipped two tournaments in the course of the LPGA’s Asia swing due to a minor neck damage, performed down this newest criticism.

“I hit a shot out of the tough, and my neck went right into a full spasm,” Korda mentioned, including that she felt higher whereas additionally acknowledging that it was impacting “a bit” her swing and preparation.

“Clearly with the damage that I had final yr, each single time one thing sort of flares up in my neck now, I feel I really feel it a bit bit greater than what I used to,” she added. “However I’ve an excellent physio who takes care of me. I will be prepared by Thursday.”

Korda mentioned she did not go to the champions dinner on Monday evening as a result of she wanted to prioritise her physique. The 2021 Ladies’s PGA winner despatched a message of apology to defending champion Amy Yang.

“I did not go due to my neck. I used to be so unhappy to overlook it although,” Korda mentioned. “I messaged Amy; the menu appeared unbelievable. I really like Korean meals, so I used to be actually jealous.”

The 2-time main winner was runner-up when chasing a 3rd on the US Ladies’s Open three weeks in the past and has but to win in 9 begins this season.

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“It simply makes you hungrier,” the 26-year-old mentioned of her US Ladies’s Open disappointment. “Clearly I really like successful. You do not get to win usually, however there’s nothing prefer it being in rivalry, so I feel that is sort of what makes me hungrier to come back again and to work more durable and put myself into that place.

“On the finish of the day, I did put myself into that place. I used to be nonetheless in rivalry and feeling the adrenaline rush on 18, making an attempt to win a significant championship. That is the explanation why I play this recreation and why I adore it a lot.

“You’ll be able to take a look at it in a optimistic approach, you possibly can take a look at it in a unfavorable approach, however on the finish of the day, three weeks after I can spin it in a optimistic approach, and it may make me hungrier hopefully.”

How can I watch reside on Sky Sports activities Golf?

Sky Sports activities will present prolonged protection from the KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship, with the motion reside on Thursday from 4pm on Sky Sports activities Golf forward of a second session of reside protection at 11pm.

The identical timings apply for Friday’s second spherical, with the motion reside on Saturday from 5.30pm on Sky Sports activities Combine and 6pm on the identical channel for Sunday’s last spherical.

This week’s main is one in every of three occasions reside on Sky Sports activities, with the PGA Tour’s Vacationers Championship – a Signature Occasion – and the closing rounds of the Novice Championship additionally accessible to get pleasure from.

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