World No. 1 Nelly Korda made a stunning revelation after taking part in 9 holes with Caitlin Clark on Wednesday morning.
She suffered a neck damage virtually two months in the past, forcing her to withdraw from a pair of occasions aside of the LPGA’s Asian Swing in South Korea and Malaysia. However she desperately wished to tee it up with Clark and play within the closing two occasions of the season, each of that are being held in Florida, her house state.
“I actually, actually wished to play this week, so in a way, perhaps I rushed my rehab to get to those two occasions,” Korda revealed Wednesday.
“Simply loads of rehab. I haven’t actually been taking part in an excessive amount of golf.”
Korda has not performed for the reason that Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship in September, which came about the week after she helped Workforce USA win the Solheim Cup. Unbeknownst to anybody on the time, Korda had migraine complications, which bothered her in Virginia and Cincinnati throughout these two weeks. No person would have recognized primarily based on her play, however Korda mentioned on Wednesday that sleeping in a darkish room was the one strategy to ease the ache.
She additionally believes that these complications led to her neck damage.
“Fortunately, no extra ache. I did really feel bit, and that’s why I couldn’t hit for some time. However have performed loads of rehab,” Korda mentioned.
“Going to take week by week and hopefully be prepared for subsequent week as effectively.”
Subsequent week’s CME Group Tour Championship will mark the top of the 2024 LPGA season, a yr finest remembered for Korda’s astonishing play. She received six occasions earlier this spring, together with 5 in a row, as she captivated the whole sporting world. Since then, although, she has had a wholesome dose of struggles, shut calls, and now a neck damage, so her 2024 marketing campaign has featured the very best of highs however loads of lows, too.
“It goes by in a blur,” Korda mentioned of her season.
“My job, in a way, is form of the love of my life. Like, I like golf a lot. I like being out right here. I like inspiring the following technology. I hope that with every little thing that has gone on this yr, I’ve taken a while to replicate. It’s good to take a step away typically and take a bit bit extra time for your self. Go on a visit, disconnect, additionally put your head down and grind as a result of, on the finish of the day, you’re attempting to carry out.”
However Korda has carried out so effectively all yr that she has turn out to be the face of the LPGA. Fortunately, for her and golf followers in all places, she is wholesome as soon as once more. And but, hopefully, her “rushed” rehab doesn’t backfire on her however as an alternative leads her again into competition.
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By means of. Remember to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as effectively.
