HILTON GRAND VACATIONS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

February 2, 2025

Nelly Korda

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club

TV

Q. Brilliant round today. First week of the season. How do you assess the first week out?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, not bad. I'm never going to complain finishing second in a tournament and giving it a run especially on a Sunday. There are definitely a couple putts I would like to have back, but overall I think I'm very happy with this week and excited for next week.

Q. When you look forward to the rest of the season, what parts of your game other than a couple putts leftover did you take from this week that you can put into play in the coming weeks?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, you have to constantly work on every part of your game. You can never get lazy. I always say I'm a very good chipper and last year I struggled with my chipping, my confidence and I really grinded that with my coach David Whelan for my short game, and I saw a huge difference this week.

So just never getting lazy with any part of your golf game and always working on all of it is something I'll taking into this year.

Q. How important when you come to this first week is it about getting equipment, figuring out where the rust lies?

NELLY KORDA: It's super important. Even if you made some subtle changes to your golf swing and testing it out under pressure, it's just so different.

You can go on the range and stripe it, but it's a different ballgame when you come out and play under pressure. Obviously playing in a tournament like this it's a little bit more easygoing with the celebrities and former athletes, but it's a great week to test where your game is at.