MIZUHO AMERICAS OPEN

May 8, 2025

Nelly Korda

Liberty National Golf Club

TV

Q. Nelly, great round of golf today in defense of your championship here. Did notice on the 17th hole there was a bit of a large divot and a little bit of a wince afterwards. How are you feeling after that?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I feel fine. Been finding the divots a lot lately, so getting my practice out of them, tough lies. It's unfortunate when you hit a really good shot on a tough kind of tee hole and you walk up and it's in a divot.

But feeling pretty good. That's golf. Sometimes you get good bounces and sometimes you get bad bounce, and you got rock with it.

Q. After Chevron last week the first round was not as you expected. You rebounded really well. How do you take that positiveness from that second round, making the cut, and roll it into the rest of the season?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, just got to focus on what my game plan was last year: That was one shot at a time. Not to get ahead of myself.

I know at the beginning of the year I had a lot to defend, but I think that instead of putting pressure on myself I should be happy that I was in that moment, that I did achieve all that great success.

So just go out here and do what I love.

Q. You had a great opportunity to play a number of courses where you had to defend. Is it easier to come back to a course you've defended on or one you haven't won in the past?

NELLY KORDA: I don't know. I think it depends. I actually -- one year I defended in Taiwan on another golf course. I think it's just -- it depends on like your flow, how you're feeling with your game.

I think if you're feeling great, the putts are dropping, you can perform well anywhere.