‘I Shouldn’t De Doing That’: When Nelly Korda Confessed What Frustrates Her the Most on the Golf Course

The pressure athletes put themselves under to be the best is immense. And when things don’t go their way on the pitch or the course, the pressure only adds to frustration. But that’s the price to be paid to be the best, and not many know it better than the number one women’s golfer, Nelly Korda.

She once opened up about an incident when the pressure and frustration were at their peak.

Korda’s third round at the Tokyo Olympics

At one of the most important international events in any sport, the Olympics, tension is always at its peak. The intense competition and the fact that you’re playing not just for yourself but for your country weigh down on the players. And that is what Nelly Korda felt in the third round, in Tokyo.

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Korda, who got through the first two rounds with 15 birdies and one eagle, suffered a major blow on the third day. She started well, making a birdie on the second hole and again on the fifth and sixth holes. But the 8th hole is where things heated up for the LPGA star.

Even though the hole was a par-5, Korda made a bogey. Before that, she had birdied every single par-5 in all the previous rounds. That bogey somehow got to Korda, and her poised game slipped out of her hands. She went on to fight hard for every single hole after, not making a single birdie. But Korda had managed to not fall the other way either and make 10 straight pars in a row. She ended the round with a three-stroke lead.

Nelly Korda opens up about her frustration

After the terrible third day, Korda went through, she revealed in an interview where her frustration stemmed from. She said, “There’s something inside of me when I bogey a par 5 that I just get so frustrated about because I shouldn’t be doing that.”

That single bogey at the 8th hole could have cost Korda the golf medal had she not managed to keep her head in it and par the rest of the rounds. The champion knew she had to give it her all and said, “I fought really hard to stay in it really, or ahead of it.”

Her resolve had gotten her through that tough moment, and Korda was proud that she had battled against the frustration. She even stated that, despite the intense day that she’d had, her “fight” had made her happy.

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Korda picked up the gold medal a day later, and those who knew her struggles from the previous day knew she had to earn every step to the podium.