THE ANNIKA DRIVEN BY GAINBRIDGE AT PELICAN

November 13, 2026

Nelly Korda

Pelican Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Is that good bogey-free golf, or was there not enough chances or what?

NELLY KORDA: No, I had a lot of chances. I just like struggled a little on the greens. And it's not because I was hitting bad putts. I actually wasn't hitting bad putts.

But you can just tell that from yesterday morning to today afternoon with the wind, that's what the defense of this golf course is. The greens get kind of icy. It's as fast as bermuda as I've putted on throughout my career, like last year and the year before.

So the defense of this place is just the undulation and how fast the greens get. Obviously you start to see it in your head get a little lighter and faster and you see the ball's kind of rolling out a little bit more so you start to get a little bit more hesitant with your putts.

They weren't bad putts. They were just like dying off. I missed a shorter on a par-5 on the back nine.

Q. Six I think.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah. I didn't hit a bad putt. Just didn't hit it hard enough. That was kind of like the case of I didn't match my line with my speed.

Q. When you started seeing that yellowy sheen, did you leave yourself any four-footers coming back that were just as nervous? Or were all your pars pretty much tap-ins?

NELLY KORDA: No, I had a couple par saves that I didn't -- when I didn't hit the greens. Overall, it was a pretty kind of stress-free round in a way.

Q. For 17 pars.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. Have you ever seen the greens like that here before?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, definitely. I mean, last year they were like ice. I always say like that's the big defense of this golf course, is, one, all the undulation on the greens; some of the greens are absolutely crazy.

Two, is how fast they get and firm. And with it being -- picking up wind throughout the week, I think Sunday is just going to play very different from Thursday morning.

Q. What do you think was the challenge for you today not feeling like you were really able to adjust and figure it out as much?

NELLY KORDA: Just the speed really. I liked a lot of my lines but they just kind of like died off and the slope took them more than I wanted it to.

So try to dial that in for the weekend.

Q. When you get on one those elongated stretches where you hit a lot of straight putts that don't go in.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. What do you wind up telling yourself?

NELLY KORDA: Make a putt. It is frustrating, but just to have stay positive and know that there is more opportunities out there. I mean, that's kind of all you can really say.