WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD SPORTS TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021 | B3 Nelly Korda a major winner and face of American women’s golf

DOUG FERGUSON Korda,the Australian Open cham- Salas tried. is the top-seeded player for the Associated Press pion in 1992 who reached as high The Korda sisters stand about Olympics, and Jessica nailed down JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The tim- as No. 2 in the world in men’s ten- 5-foot-11 with a swing both ele- the fourth spot for the American ing couldn’t have been better in so nis. The youngest child, 20-year- gant and athletic, and they pack team at No. 13 in the world. They many ways for Nelly Korda, the old Sebastian, reached the fourth plenty of power. Nelly was at a most likely will be teammates in new face of American women in round of the French Open last year supreme advantage on the High- September in Ohio for the Sol- golf and No. 1 player in the world. before losing to Rafael Nadal. He lands course, where she could heim Cup. As she stood on the first tee at now is No. 50 in the men’s tennis reach all the par 5s in two while On her own, Nelly will be seen Atlanta Athletic Cub, tied for the rankings and playing Wimbledon Salas couldn’t get to any of them. as the player to carry the American lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA this week. Salas was often hitting hybrids to flag on the LPGA Tour as a major Championship with a shot at win- The girls chose golf, and the the green while Korda was hitting champion and No. 1 in the world. ning her first major, older sister LPGA is better for it. short irons. She is the youngest American Jessica had just finished the front Jessica was runner-up at But there was so much more to to win a major since Lexi Thomp- nine and made a detour on the way Q-school at age 17, won her first her game. Korda went 49 con- son was 19 when she won at Mis- to No. 10. LPGA Tour event at Royal Mel- secutive holes without a bogey, a sion Hills in California in 2014. The sisters, separated by about bourne at 18, played in her first streak that ended when she had a That remains the only major for five years, shared a hug. Solheim Cup two years later and five-shot lead with four holes to Thompson, who this month lost a The next embrace was even reached as high as No. 8 in the play and hit into the water on the five-shot lead on the final day of more meaningful, some 4 1/2 world. She started this year by par-3 15th, a hole that gave her fits the U.S. Open. hours later on the 18th green af- winning the season opener for the all week. Korda replaced Jin Young Ko, ter 22-year-old Nelly closed out a sixth title of her career, and little JOHN BAZEMORE, ASSOCIATED PRESS By then, it really only affected who had been No. 1 for the last 100 three-shot victory that made her sister took it from there. Nelly Korda of the U.S. hoists the the score. weeks. The top players in women’s the first American in seven years to Nelly had little evidence to sug- trophy after winning the KPMG Their father was already in En- golf since the last American at No. reach the top of the women’s world gest this stretch was coming, es- Women’s PGA Championship, on gland with their brother, though 1 — Stacy Lewis in 2014 at age 29 — ranking. pecially after the USGA paired the Sunday, in Johns Creek, Ga. Nelly took time for a video call,and were from South Korea, Thailand “She has a heart of gold,” Nelly sisters together at Olympic Club he had a message for her: “You’re or China, along with Korean-born said. “She’s the most selfless for the U.S. Women’s Open and letic Club for a second straight welcome for the boot camp,” Nelly Lydia Ko of New Zealand. person out there. She’s five years she missed the cut. victory, giving her six LPGA Tour said with a laugh. Korda is a shot-by-shot thinker, older, so she has shown me the Nelly went home to Florida titles, just like big sister. There is no sibling rivalry, only boring but effective, setting goals ropes of the LPGA, the ropes of to spend a week with her father Korda shot 63 in the second support. and staying in the present. Her professional golf, and I’ve been in what she described as “boot round to tie the Women’s PGA re- They will be teammates in three victory still fresh,she wasn’t ready super lucky to have been shown camp,” which really was a chance cord, and match the low score for a weeks in Michigan at the Dow to think about what she wants to that because a lot of people don’t to reset. major at the Atlanta club that had Great Lakes Bay Invitational, a achieve next. For now, she is a get that opportunity.” She returned to shoot 62 in the hosted a U.S. Open, U.S. Wom- team event. “Team Jelly,” is what major champion and No. 1 in the Competition is part of the fam- Meijer LPGA Classic and win by en’s Open and three PGA Cham- the younger sister called it. world. ily DNA. four shots, and then she carried pionships. And there was simply More important, they will be “That has a lovely ring to it, not Their father is Czech-born Petr that momentum to Atlanta Ath- no stopping her, hard as Lizette teammates again in Tokyo. Nelly going to lie,” she said with a smile.

We still have a lot of challenges US Roster in front of us, but I believe these NBA From B1 players will become a team that From B1 all Americans will be proud of.” versatility and balance,” Col- The team will be formally to blow by anybody.” angelo said. “We also believe nominated to the Tokyo Games If Young can’t go in Game 4, we have excellent leadership by the U.S. Olympic and or can only play limited minutes which is a necessity in order to Paralympic Committee next without his usual effectiveness, the develop the needed chemistry. month. Hawks will have to rely on a team effort to compensate. That means Lou Williams play- ing a bigger role, Collins staying out of foul trouble, and Bogdan Bogdanovic being much more ef- fective than he has been so far in the playoffs. BRYNN ANDERSON, AP Bogdanovic, who was Atlanta’s Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton (22) reacts to a play during the biggest free agent signing during second half of Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference basketball finals the last offseason, has been the against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday in Atlanta. most glaring disappointment of the surprising postseason run by Antetokounmpo is averaging do a good job of spacing the floor. the conference’s No. 5 seed. 30.7 points per game in this series, If you are committing to the ball, Bothered by a sore knee, Bog- Middleton 22.7 and Holiday 20.3 then they are more than happy to danovic is averaging just 12.3 The Hawks could sure use shoot the 3 ball.” points in the playoffs and has gone De’Andre Hunter, one of their best Especially Middleton,who went six straight games without reach- defensive players, but he’s out for 6 of 12 from beyond the arc in Game ing double figures. He was awful in the rest of the season after under- 3. Game 3, making just 3 of 16 shots going knee surgery. “When a guy gets hot like that, to finish with eight points. Also, the Hawks made things you’d like to basically run a guy at “His shot has not fallen for him, even easier for the Bucks by set- him,” McMillan said. “Before we but he’s a guy who I believe that tling for too many contested shots could even get a guy on him,he had next shot is going down,” coach early in the shot clock, giving Mil- released it. He was really scoring Nate McMillan said.“He had some waukee a chance to turn misses from everywhere.” wide-open looks that I’m willing to into easy transition baskets at the The two-time MVP was glad to trust that he’s going to knock those opposite end. keep feeding Middleton the ball. shots down. It just isn’t falling for McMillan acknowledged the “For me,it was greatness,” Ante- him. It hasn’t fallen for him this difficulty in shutting down — or tokounmpo said.“Simple as that.” whole series.” at least creating more issues — for Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter While the Hawks might need Milwaukee’s big scorers. at https://twitter.com/pnewberry1963 someone other than Young to play “It’s really a three-headed mon- and his work can be found at https:// CRAIG MITCHELLDYER, ASSOCIATED PRESS a leading role on offense, they’re ster over there with Antetokoun- apnews.com/search/paulnewberry Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard reacts after making a 3-point faced with an equally perplexing mpo as well as Khris and Jrue,” the More AP NBA: https://apnews. basket against the Denver Nuggets during the first half of Game 6 of an predicament at the defensive end: Hawks coach said. “All of those com/NBA and https://twitter.com/ NBA first-round playoff series June 3 in Portland, Ore. Stopping Milwaukee’s Big Three. guys are isolation players. They AP_Sports

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