World No. 1 Nelly Korda made a surprising revelation after playing nine holes with Caitlin Clark on Wednesday morning. She suffered a neck injury almost two months ago, forcing her to withdraw from a pair of events apart of the LPGA’s Asian Swing in ...

Despite not playing in any of the LPGA's fall Southeast Asia swing due to a neck injury, World No. 1 Nelly Korda still secured the LPGA's points-based Player of the Year award Sunday with three tournaments remaining on the schedule. It’s the first time she’s won the award, this one for her impressive, yet sometimes turbulent, six-win campaign.

Nelly Korda clinched her first award for LPGA player of the year on Sunday when it became mathematically impossible for anyone to catch her in the points-based competition.