Nelly Korda seeks revival at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Korda ended the Evian Championship with a birdie and an eagle to finish an up-and-down week on a positive note.
“Hopefully that’s… give me a nice boost into my next event, which is in three weeks, though, so not really,” she commented afterwards.
Ahead of the tournament, she told reporters, “I think I’ve gone through every emotion possible, and it’s just July. You know, I love this game. I love the bad, I love the good.
“The bad makes you appreciate the good, and that’s just how it is. It’s sports. If you care so deeply about it, you’re just going to go through the wave of the roller coaster.”
A more forgiving course setup at Le Golf National should help her in her bid for back-to-back Olympic golds.
Out of 18 professional stroke play victories, three of which were over 54 holes as opposed to 72, 17 have seen Korda finish double-figures under-par. The only exception was March’s Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship where she ended up on nine-under.
In contrast to severe tests like at the US Women’s Open, Olympic competitions have yielded more than their fair share of birdies. Inbee Park shot 16-under to win at Rio 2016 with Korda winning at Tokyo 2020 with 17-under.
While she is “a little sad” that sister Jessica will not compete alongside her as in Tokyo, Nelly Korda is “excited” to go for gold again.
She said, “Any time I get to represent my country is just such a really big honour. To get to do that at the Olympics is going to be an amazing experience again.”
A successful title defence would only attract more fans to the women’s golf bandwagon and increase demand for the “stage” she has talked of.
