For one: Korda already has an Olympic gold medal, from Tokyo 2020.
The feat made global headlines and propelled Kordas public image into a whole new stratosphere.
The challenge of it, though, is being under more of a microscope, she adds.
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That helps bring in a crowd.
Korda was born in Bradenton, Florida, and she hails from a sporting family.
Ive always said I love thecompetitionof the sport, whichever course I am on.
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The nearest and dearest to her heart is a place called Sebonack in Southampton, New York.
The year was 2013Korda was just 14.
I feel like every other Olympics, they should switch us.
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(A fair point!)
I love stickers, she says.
I need a croissant sticker from Paris.
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Korda in Oscar de la Renta at the 2024 Met Gala celebrating Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.
Before her holiday, she has the Paris Games to get through.
How does Korda handle the nerves?
Korda in Oscar de la Renta at the 2024 Met Gala celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
I would say golf is almost 90% mental.
Compared to every other sport, we have a lot of time to think…to overthink.
But Im extremely lucky.
And there are going to be more lows than highs.
Youre barely ever going to have your A game.
I loved the speech that Roger Federer made when he said he lost more points than he won.
