Nelly Korda produced a superb display of golf throughout the week at Riviera to win her first U.S. Women’s Open and her fourth major title.
Korda’s short game was truly sensational in Pacific Palisades as she secured a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women’s Open.
The 27-year-old from Bradenton, Florida, has won the first two major championships of 2026 and she is far and away the best female golfer on the planet right now.
Nelly Korda is a winning machine, and her U.S. Women’s Open victory on Sunday was the 19th of her career on the LPGA Tour.
Charley Hull congratulated Nelly Korda after her U.S Women’s Open win, and in fairness, all of her fellow pros were delighted to see her finally win her national Open.
The next step for Korda will be to enter an era of domination that has rarely been seen before in the women’s game.
Nelly Korda makes history with her win at the U.S. Women’s Open
Korda is in a class of her own in the women’s game right now.
She is on course to achieve genuine greatness in the game, and the scary thing for her rivals is that we probably haven’t even seen the best of her yet.
Korda is already inside the top 30 for the most LPGA Tour wins of all time and only 16 female golfers have won more majors than her.
With her victory at Riviera, Korda became the youngest American female golfer to win four major championships since 1960.
Mickey Wright was 25 when she won her fourth major title at the LPGA Championship at the Sheraton Country Club 66 years ago.
Nelly Korda chasing greatness in the women’s game
Wright is arguably the greatest female golfer to have ever played the game.
Her 82 LPGA Tour victories leaves her second on the all-time win list, behind only Kathy Whitworth.
However, Wright won 13 major championships – seven more than Whitworth.
The only female golfer to win more majors was Patty Berg, who racked up 15 during her career.
Nelly Korda obviously has a long way to go if she is to get close to matching the likes Wright, Whitworth and Berg.
However, she genuinely has a chance of becoming the greatest female golfer of all time, after the start she has made in the professional game.
If the 27-year-old were to win three tournaments on average every year over the next 14 years, and one major every two years, she would have 61 LPGA Tour victories to her name by the time she’s 41, including 11 major championships.
There’s no doubt that Korda is on the path to greatness, but it goes without saying that it will still be incredibly difficult for her to produce the kind of numbers mentioned above.
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