Nelly Korda moves up in class as a new primetime player this week.Back in action off her breakthrough victory Sunday at the Swinging Skirts Taiwan Championship, Korda will tee it up in a marquee grouping in Fridays start of the Toto Japan Classic. For the second week in a row, Korda will play alongside a home favorite, joining Nasa Hataoka, who has succeeded Ai Miyazato as the most popular Japanese LPGA pro in the game today.Korda, Hataoka and Rolex world No. 3 So Yeon Ryu will go off at 9:25 a.m. local time (thats Thursday at 10:25 p.m. ET) in the 54-hole event. Golf Channels live coverage begins at 11 p.m. ET Thursday with live streaming beginning at 10 p.m. on GolfChannel.com.Korda, 20, played alongside Wei-Ling Hsu in the final two rounds in Taiwan, with massive galleries rooting for Hsu. Under pressure as co-leader in the final group on Sunday, Korda put on a ball-striking clinic, closing with a bogey-free 68. She hit all but three fairways and all but two greens in regulation.She is probably the best driver of the ball Ive ever taught, said David Whelan, her swing coach and the former director of golf at IMG Academy.
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Korda ranks 10th in total driving in the LPGA, a stat combining length and accuracy. She averaged 274 yards per drive in Sundays finale in Taiwan, routinely hammering drives 30 yards past Jin Young Ko, the 10th-ranked player in the Rolex Womens World Rankings.Whelan said he liked the composure Korda showed in Taiwan.Nelly is able to stay calm under pressure, Whelan said. She doesnt really have too many emotional swings. She is evenly tempered, doesnt get too high or too low.I know she can afterward, but during a round, she is able to stay on an even keel. I like that.Whelan has been working with Nelly for five years. She helped steer her older sister, Jessica, to Whelan two years ago. Whelan is the former director of golf at IMG Academy and previously was a long-time coach to Paula Creamer.With Sundays victory, Korda moved up to No 32 in the Rolex Womens World Rankings, making her the eighth highest ranked American in the world.
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Fresh off her first win, N. Korda heads to Japan off her breakthrough victory Sunday at the Swinging Skirts Taiwan Championship, Korda will tee it up in a marquee grouping in Friday's start
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Fresh off her first win in Taiwan, Nelly Korda heads to Japan
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