“I lose every single time” - Nelly Korda gets candid about attempting pro-am basketball like Kai Trump and others at The Annika 

LPGA: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Club- Pro-Am - Source: Imagn
Nelly Korda at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Club- Pro-Am - Source: Imagn

Nelly Korda will play in the Annika Driven this week. Korda played the front nine of the Annika Pro-Am with Caitlin Clark on Wednesday, and after that, the LPGA phenom got candid about attempting pro-am basketball like Kai Trump and Caitlin Clark did at the Annika Driven.

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Korda joined a press conference before the Thursday round of the Annika Driven at the Pelican Golf Club and shared her interest in playing basketball. She said:

“Bad. I did play -- I occasionally play PIG and I lose every single time. Takes me a long time to really get warmed up. But actually Caitlin and I were messaging and she's like, this is unfair. I need to take you to a basketball court. Why are we always on a golf course? So maybe one day. I would definitely like to use some pointers. I don't know if it's the shot. I think it'll be more of the movement for me.”
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“Definitely more about having fun. Her teammates were out too. They were a lot of fun. I think she was maybe a little bit more comfortable. We knew each other a little bit more so for us chitchatting was a lot of fun. I would say the same amount of people showed up this year as last year. That to me is really cool to see. I've been lucky enough to play alongside a lot of athletes and everyone has that competitive drive to want to play the best. I think they get into golf after whatever their sport is and some of them get really, really good. You always have that competitive drive in anything you do, if it's from board games to other sports. Like we all kind of have that engrained in us by now,” Nelly Korda added.
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Before the Annika Driven, Nelly Korda appeared at the Lotte Championship, which took place at the Hoakalei Country Club.


How did Nelly Korda perform in her last LPGA tournament?

Nelly Korda last played at the Lotte Championship, finishing T4 after shooting 14 under. Korda fired 69 with three birdies on the front nine and two birdies on the last nine. She scored 67 in the second round of the tournament with three birdies on the front nine and two birdies on the back nine.

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Korda shot 69 in the third round of the Lotte Championship with three birdies on the front nine and one birdie on the back nine. In the last round, she scored 69 with two birdies on the front nine and three birdies on the back nine.

Nelly Korda’s best finishes of the 2025 season came at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions and the U.S. Women's Open, where he landed in second place and T2 after scoring 18 under and 5 under, respectively.

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