They are sisters in arms. Two LPGA Tour pros share a great bond. It came to light as Jessica Korda and her sister Nelly Korda sat for a podcast with golf writer Alan Shipnuck. The interview dived deep into the two golfers’ personalities and the way they look after each other.
The Korda sisters grew up in affluence. Their father Petr Korda is a famous tennis player. He is a Grand Slam winner who triumphed at the 1998 Australian Open. Jessica and Nelly’s mother Regina Rajchrtova is a former tennis player as well. Their brother Sebastian Korda is also a tennis player. Growing up, Jessica, Nelly and Sebastian had lives less ordinary.
Jessica and Nelly Korda share secrets
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Jessica is five years older than Nelly. But at 25 years of age, Nelly Korda is a bigger attraction on the LPGA Tour, with eight Tour wins. Jessica Korda has six wins. The two sisters are often pitted against each other on the course, but it hasn’t affected their bond. The way they conversed during the podcast attested to that.
Jessica was fun and her warnings towards her siblings were hilarious. In 2012, she used a payment app and warned her siblings to not tell their parents. Nelly said, “Yeah, I remember. And then Mom would find like rappers and like, I get in so much trouble for saying…”. Shipnuck asked for more details, and Jessica replied: “Like, rat me out. You’re dead. You’re never getting it again.”
The sisters revealed other secrets. “Once I started kind of making money too, like I would wake up really early in the morning and make their Halloween costumes,” said Jessica. She also spoke about their love for junk food, when they were younger.
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Jessica has bought a house about 100 yards away from their parents’. It, however, hasn’t affected the family bonding. “Yeah. So when I bought a house in 2013, it’s hard. So like, the reason I bought a house so close is like they would come into my room every single day, my room was a hangout spot,” said Jessica.
Home away from home
The mom-to-be golfer added, “Like, if we were there, we would hang in if there was a bad storm, they would both be in my bed. Like, that’s like we’re really, really close. And it’s really special. Because a lot of people aren’t this close with their siblings, but we are and they couldn’t drive.”
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And how did Nelly react to her elder sister buying a house? “Well, it’s like putting your shoes on, like going out the door, you know, then walking over there,” said the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship winner matter-of-factly.
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