Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA presented by CTBC

Miramar Golf Country Club | New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei | Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2019

In the Winner’s Circle with Nelly Korda

Hometown/Resides: Bradenton, Fla.

Birthdate: July 28, 1998; currently 21 years, 3 months and 6 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished ninth on the 2016 Symetra Tour season-ending money list

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2016/2017

VICTORIES

LPGA: Third career victory

PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2019 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, 2018 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA

RACE TO CME GLOBE

With her win, Korda earns 500 points and is projected to move from ninth to fourth in the Race to CME Globe with 2,547 points

MONEY

With her win, Korda earns $330,000; she has earned $1,395,909 this season and $2,893,023 for her career

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

19 events played, 18 cuts made, $1,395,909, two victories, nine additional top-10 finishes

PREVIOUS TAIWAN SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA RESULTS

2018 – WIN; 2017 – T17

OF NOTE

• Korda won with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Minjee Lee and Caroline Masson; it was Korda's first career playoff
• With her second win of the year, Nelly Korda is the first American with multiple wins in the 2019 season
• Korda is the third player this season to successfully defend a 2018 title, joining Brooke Henderson at the LOTTE Championship and Danielle Kang at the BMW Ladies Championship
• She is the seventh player to have multiple wins this season, joining Hannah Green (2), Brooke Henderson (2), Mi Jung Hur (2), Jin Young Ko (4), Sei Young Kim (2) and Sung Hyun Park (2)
• Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2018 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA, which was played at the Ta Shee Golf and Country Club
• Korda and her older sister Jessica (five wins) are one of three sets of sisters in LPGA history to both win titles, joining Annika Sorenstam (72 wins) and Charlotta Sorenstam (one win), and Ariya Jutanugarn (10 wins) and Moriya Jutanugarn (one win)