When Nelly Korda arrived at the Upper Montclair Country Club last week, she knew she was on the verge of something truly momentous: she had a shot at becoming the first woman to win six consecutive LPGA starts, at the 72-hole Cognizant Founders Cup.
Korda came into the tournament having taken a fortnight off after winning the Chevron Championship. It was her second career Major triumph and her fifth straight title, tying her with Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) for the tour’s longest winning streak. Byron Nelson holds golf’s all-time mark with 11 straight wins in 1945.