LPGA Icon Nelly Korda Enjoys a Sweet Win While Olivia Dunne?s Gold Medal Puts Her Atop a Special Pedestal

Female participation in sports is not an alien concept, but it still has a long way to go to reach the same popularity as men competing in sports. Although times are changing now, as per trends, it is expected that females competing in any sport will be just as popular as males. For example, in golf itself, there is a huge and noticeable parity between the two tours, the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour, but the LPGA Tour is slowly and steadily gaining long-due recognition.

Well, amid the growth, LPGA star Nelly Korda has recently been awarded a sweet win for being a female athlete, but it was gymnast Olivia Dunne who was placed at the apex of the leaderboard.

Nelly Korda enjoys a small, elating win?

Nelly Korda is undoubtedly one of the most popular female golfers in the world. Although her 2023 season has not been great owing to her health issues, she still secured a win at the Aramco Team Series in London and multiple finishes towards the top of the leaderboard. Despite last week’s win remaining her sole victory for the year, the drought has not reduced her popularity in the sport.

It seems like throughout her ups and downs in 2023, her ever-growing fanbase has remained loyal and pined for her even when she wasn’t on the course. And the data reflects those sentiments too. Sportsbook Review, a popular sports forum, recently surveyed to determine who will be the next megastar in the world of female spots, and of course Korda’s name made the list!

The LPGA icon was the only golfer on the list, which speaks wonders to how popular she really is considering the golf world has many other budding and popular stars. As per the review, Korda has been searched for 74,000 times in the US in the last 12 months alone. She was labeled a “worthy entrant” in the standings, and the golf world would definitely agree!

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The list included a lot of female athletes from different sports, but it was gymnast Olivia Dunne who topped the charts and was put on a pedestal by the Internet sports forum. And rightfully so; after all, she did beat out the second-place holders by nearly 1.5 times their searches!

Gymnast Olivia Dunne tops the chart as the megastar athlete?

The 20-year-old gymnast is one of the most popular ones in her field. Apart from being a gymnast, she is also a huge social media personality and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. She has over 7 million followers on TikTok and 4 million followers on Instagram.?

In the past 12 months, she has been searched on the internet 550,000 times. This was almost 1.5 times that of Caitlin Clark and Coco Gauff, the basketball and tennis stars, who had 368,000 searches!

Dunne is one of the most liked amateur athletes in the world and has built a strong community of followers at such a young age. She has also introduced the “Livvy Fund,” which aims to help female LST students maximize their Name, Image, and Likeness potential.

What are your thoughts about Korda?s sweet victory towards the top of yet another leaderboard? Tell us in the comments below!

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