Nelly Korda will not compete in the year’s first major. The field for the Chevron Championship closed on Tuesday at 5 p.m., and a tournament official confirmed that the No. 2-ranked player had not filed an entry.
Korda, 23, announced on social media on March 13 that she’d been diagnosed with a blood clot in her arm and that she was at home resting. She’s also not in the field for this week’s JTBC Classic in Carlsbad, California.
“I am currently at home getting treatment to eliminate further risks,” Korda wrote.
Originally scheduled to compete in the JTBC after taking off the Asian swing, Korda last teed it up on the LPGA in early February at the LPGA Drive On Championship. She has finished T-15, T-20, and T-4 in three starts this season.
This marks the final year the Chevron Championship will be contested over the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. The event has been held there every year since 1972.
Korda, who has yet to win the title, lost to Mirim Lee in a playoff in 2020 and tied for third last year. She broke through with her first major title at the 2021 KPMG Women’s PGA at Atlanta Athletic Club.
Korda won four times on the LPGA in 2021 as well as Olympic gold in Tokyo and was named Female Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America.
The JTBC Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, marks the debut of World No. 1 Jin Young Ko on U.S. soil this year. She competed once, at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, which she won.
