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Nelly Korda wins Rolex ANNIKA Major Award as LPGA's best at majors in 2024

cameron jourdan
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Nelly Korda celebrates with the trophy after winning the 2024 Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Nelly Korda celebrates with the trophy after winning the 2024 Chevron Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

After earning a T-2 finish Sunday at the 2024 AIG Women's Open, Nelly Korda won the 2024 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award. Earning her 12th career top-10 finish in a major championship, Korda becomes the third American to win the award since its inception in 2014, joining Michelle Wie West, who won the inaugural award, and Lilia Vu, who won last season.

The Rolex ANNIKA Major Award recognizes the player who has the most outstanding record in all five major championships during the LPGA season. Korda, the No. 1 player in the world, won the 2024 Chevron Championship to claim her second career major championship victory, following her 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship win, and continue a historic start to her 2024 season. Her win at The Chevron Championship was her fifth straight victory of the season, which tied the record held by LPGA Hall of Famers Annika Sorenstam and Nancy Lopez for most wins in consecutive starts.

The 26-year-old is the 10th different winner of Rolex Annika Major Award since it was established in 2014. She joins Michelle Wie West (2014), Inbee Park (2015), Lydia Ko (2016), So Yeon Ryu (2017), Ariya Jutanugarn (2018), Jin Young Ko (2019), Patty Tavatanakit (2021), Minjee Lee (2022) and Lilia Vu (2023) as winners of the honor, which will be presented to Korda at the Rolex LPGA Awards during the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in November.

The award was not given out in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Points for Rolex ANNIKA Major Award are awarded at all five major championships to competitors who finish in the top 10. To earn the award, a player must have also won at least one of the five majors. Korda (The Chevron Championship), Amy Yang (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship), Ayaka Furue (Amundi Evian Championship), Yuka Saso (U.S. Women’s Open) and Lydia Ko (AIG Women’s Open) were the other players eligible for the award this season.

Heading into the year’s final major championship, the AIG Women’s Open, there were just 18 players who had a chance at earning the award, with Korda ultimately claiming the prize.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Nelly Korda wins Rolex ANNIKA Major Award as LPGA's best at majors in 2024