It’s been a banner season for Nelly Korda, who has six LPGA Tour victories and has wrapped up participant of the yr.
It’s additionally been an enormous enhance to her LPGA Corridor of Fame probabilities.
Earlier this yr, along with her victory within the Paris Olympics, Lydia Ko turned the thirty fifth participant to earn sufficient factors to qualify for the ladies’s highest honor.
It presently takes 27 factors to achieve entry into the LPGA’s Corridor of Fame, which is completely different from the all-encompassing World Golf Corridor of Fame.
One level is given for every LPGA official event win and every Vare Trophy (lowest scoring common for a season) or Rolex Participant of the Yr award. Two factors are awarded for every main victory and one other level is given for an Olympic gold medal.
Along with the mandatory 27 factors, gamers will need to have received or been awarded no less than one of many following: an LPGA main, the Vare Trophy or Rolex POY honors.
Korda has picked up 8 factors this season (5 common wins, 1 main and 1 POY) to achieve 18 for her profession. Right here’s a breakdown of how she has achieved that complete:
| Nelly Korda’s profession | Complete (HOF factors) |
| Common LPGA wins | 12 (12 factors) |
| Main victories | 2 (4 factors) |
| Olympic gold medals | 1 (1 level) |
| Rolex Participant of the Yr | 1 (1 level) |
Present gamers with no less than 15 LPGA Corridor of Fame factors
- Yani Tseng: 23 factors
- Jin Younger Ko: 20 factors
- Stacy Lewis: 19 factors
- Nelly Korda: 18 factors
- Ariya Jutanugarn: 17 factors
- Brooke Henderson: 15 factors
