Nelly Korda skips KPMG Women’s PGA champions...

Nelly Korda skipped the champions dinner earlier than the KPMG Girls’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 12 months come Thursday.

Korda’s situation flared up after taking a shot out of the tough throughout a observe 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 12 months skipped two tournaments through the LPGA’s Asia swing due to a minor neck harm, performed down this newest grievance.

“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 little bit” her swing and preparation.

“Clearly with the harm that I had final 12 months, each single time one thing type of flares up in my neck now, I believe I really feel it a little bit bit greater than what I used to,” she added. “However I’ve an awesome physio who takes care of me. I will be prepared by Thursday.”

Korda mentioned she did not go to the champions dinner on Monday night time as a result of she wanted to prioritise her physique. The 2021 Girls’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 regarded unbelievable. I 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 Girls’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 Girls’s Open disappointment. “Clearly I like successful. You aren’t getting to win usually, however there’s nothing prefer it being in rivalry, so I believe that is type of what makes me hungrier to return again and to work tougher 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, attempting to win a significant championship. That is the explanation why I play this recreation and why I like it a lot.

“You possibly can take a look at it in a constructive means, you possibly can take a look at it in a destructive means, however on the finish of the day, three weeks after I can spin it in a constructive means, and it’ll make me hungrier hopefully.”

How can I watch dwell on Sky Sports activities Golf?

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

The identical timings apply for Friday’s second spherical, with the motion dwell 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 dwell on Sky Sports activities, with the PGA Tour’s Vacationers Championship – a Signature Occasion – and the closing rounds of the Beginner Championship additionally out there to take pleasure in.

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