Nelly Korda Driver Swing Speed

American professional golfer Nelly Korda was born on July 28, 1998. She competes on the LPGA Tour, where she has won nine times and was No. 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the next season, she won the Women's PGA Championship. She participated in Solheim Cups as a representative of the U.S. in 2019, 2021 and 2023 with her sister Jessica Korda.

In 2015, Korda participated in the U.S. Junior Solheim Cup. She won the amateur Harder Hall Invitational and PING Invitational in 2015, and she was named an AJGA Rolex Junior All-American. A month before turning 15, she also qualified for the 2013 U.S. Women's Open.

Korda turned professional in 2016 and initially played on the Symetra Tour. At the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge, she won her first pro event with a three-stroke victory over Wichanee Meechai, shooting rounds of 270. She qualified for the 2017 LPGA Tour by finishing ninth on the money list at the end of the season.

In October 2018, Korda earned her first LPGA Tour win at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship. Following the Jutanugarn sisters, Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn, and Charlotta and Annika Sörenstam, she and her sister Jessica Korda became the third sibling duo to win on the LPGA.

In January 2024, in her hometown of Bradenton, Korda won the LPGA Drive On Championship, her ninth event on the LPGA Tour. After trailing by three strokes going into the final round's 16th hole, Korda made an eagle-birdie finish to put Lydia Ko in a playoff.

After Ko's 5-footer caught the lip and spun out, she won on the second extra hole with a 4-foot par putt on the par-4 18th. Korda moved up three spots to take the second spot in the world rankings after winning.

What is Nelly Korda’s driver's swing speed?

Korda's average swing speed is 95 mph, which produces a ball speed of roughly 140. To put this in perspective, a female 15-handicap player's average swing speed is 79 mph, while the ball travels at 111 mph. With a ball speed of 125 mph, a 5 handicapper's average swing speed is 90 mph.

Korda has been a professional since 2016, and her ability to consistently drive the ball far off the tee sets her apart. Her driving distance averaged 270 yards between 2019 and 2022. Her best year came in 2022 when she averaged 272.28 yards off the tee and finished 10th on the LPGA Tour.

At 271.96 yards, her best ranking came in fourth place in 2020, ten yards less than the average driving distance of 283.071 yards held by Filipino Bianca Pagdanganan. Korda has a great ability to hit the ball off the tee, but her accuracy when driving isn't as good as her average driving distance.

At the 2024 Drive On Championship, Korda captured her ninth LPGA championship with an average driving distance of 260.19 yards, which is comparable to her 2017 driving distance of 260.71 yards.

Her driving accuracy as of March 2024 is 76.79%, placing her in 30th place. This accuracy is not too far from her 2023 accuracy of 73.84%, which placed her in 63rd place at the end of the season.