Nelly Korda reflects on Met Gala experience as she chases LPGA history (FULL PRESSER) | Golf Channel [Video]

0:00 | all righty welcome everyone to the

0:02 | cognizant Founders cup Media Center um

0:04 | before I I’ll ask a couple questions and

0:06 | then uh kick it off we’ll start with

0:07 | those in the media center and then move

0:09 | on to those on the zoom pleased to be

0:11 | joined by Nelly Corda um I mean where do

0:14 | we even start you’ve had you’ve had

0:15 | quite the weekend uh we’ll go a get

0:17 | started with uh just what’s it like

0:18 | being here upper Upper Montclair Country

0:20 | Club how does the game feel you know

0:21 | having the week off since JM Eagle yeah

0:23 | um I didn’t play JM Eagle all right yeah

0:26 | you’re good so I had two weeks off which

0:28 | is which was really nice

0:30 | um yeah I just got here on Saturday so I

0:34 | played Sunday played early morning on

0:37 | Monday and then played yesterday the

0:39 | golf course is really nice obviously

0:40 | with the weather that they’ve had it’s a

0:41 | little bit more wet compared to last

0:43 | year last year was my first year playing

0:45 | and it was super firm so a little

0:47 | different from last year so I think you

0:49 | can be a little bit more aggressive this

0:51 | year but um my track record isn’t great

0:54 | in New Jersey so I’m hoping to change

0:56 | that this year uh and then yeah want to

0:58 | just kind of talk about your agga event

1:01 | the Nelly Just what was that like uh and

1:03 | you know going from player to put on

1:05 | your tournament hosting hat yeah that

1:07 | was such a neat experience obviously I I

1:10 | feel like just yesterday I was playing

1:11 | ajjs I was playing in the anuka

1:13 | Invitational having her out and you know

1:16 | seeing someone that has done so much for

1:17 | the game it was very inspirational so um

1:20 | it was great to see all the girls out

1:22 | all my sponsors supporting the event

1:24 | which was absolutely amazing and um I

1:27 | hope they had fun at the golf course I

1:29 | was very grateful that concession hosted

1:31 | it and that they were very gracious to

1:33 | give us the golf course for the few days

1:36 | absolutely and the last one have to talk

1:37 | about the Met what was that experience

1:39 | like how’d that come together and you

1:41 | know who who who was your favorite you

1:42 | know outfit or you know you were a

1:43 | little star struck by gosh it was uh it

1:46 | was so so crazy I mean you’re standing

1:48 | in a line ready to ready to get on the

1:51 | carpet and you’re like seeing all these

1:53 | people usually watching like TV shows

1:55 | and movies or they’re like famous like

1:57 | singers and you’re just like Star Struck

1:59 | the entire time like it’s the best

2:02 | people watching for me I was just like

2:04 | silent just looking at everyone’s

2:05 | dresses I mean um I would say like I saw

2:09 | Shakira and I just I love Shakira she’s

2:12 | so beautiful and then um Jaden Smith was

2:15 | really really nice he was actually the

2:16 | first person to actually say hello to me

2:18 | and introduce himself so um everyone was

2:21 | really amazing there I can’t just point

2:23 | out one person I mean the dresses were

2:25 | unbelievable and the whole evening was

2:27 | just a dream come true absolutely we’ll

2:30 | go ahead and open it up uh like I said

2:31 | we’ll start with those in the media

2:33 | center here and then move on to the zoom

2:35 | um so if anyone’s got a mic go ahead and

2:36 | ask your questions Zarah go ahead uh we

2:39 | know you’re um have a a really good

2:41 | fashion eye um to be in that kind of a

2:44 | setting wearing Oscar de la Renta I mean

2:46 | how just could you put into words how

2:47 | cool it was for you with that kind of

2:49 | hobby to be in that kind of environment

2:52 | yeah it was it it was just a dream come

2:55 | true um I got a couple of dresses to try

2:59 | on from from Oscar delara and they were

3:02 | all so stunning it was so hard to decide

3:05 | and I actually switched up last minute

3:07 | probably like 20 minutes before I

3:09 | started to get ready and I had to

3:11 | completely change my entire look I was

3:12 | going to go with like a long

3:14 | sleeve um gown so I was going to have my

3:17 | hair up and then I saw this like this

3:20 | the amazing red dress and I just changed

3:23 | my entire look like probably 20 minutes

3:25 | before I started to get ready so I

3:27 | switched it up on everyone um and it’s

3:30 | just I mean this is me like this is me

3:33 | visor on wearing golf clothes like this

3:35 | is my comfort zone but it was really

3:38 | really neat to kind of step outside of

3:40 | my comfort zone and do something like

3:41 | that and that was my first time ever

3:44 | walking a red carpet and kind of went

3:46 | out with a bang I think it’s just

3:48 | downhill from

3:49 | here but it was it was um it was such a

3:53 | neat experience and I’m just so grateful

3:55 | that I had the opportunity to do that I

3:58 | know you keep things on the golf course

3:59 | as far as your accomplishments go kind

4:01 | of outside your bubble but I mean to

4:03 | have an ajga event that you have really

4:05 | I know embraced and being the host of

4:07 | that to going to the Met gal have you

4:09 | let yourself soak in those achievements

4:10 | off the golf course a little bit and

4:11 | maybe think about them a little bit more

4:13 | yeah I mean I was just kind of like

4:14 | looking through the photos of just my

4:17 | past week and it was amazing having you

4:19 | know um my junior am and supporting

4:24 | satchels um you know that’s a local

4:26 | shelter in my area and then coming out

4:29 | and also having the boys and girls club

4:31 | and spending time with all the people

4:33 | that did donate to all those Charities

4:35 | um was a lot of fun and then seeing a

4:37 | lot of all the girls kind of embrace the

4:40 | event and trying to make it as fun as

4:43 | possible for them too was really fun and

4:45 | then I got to do something completely

4:47 | different also get a spray tan probably

4:49 | for the first time ever I couldn’t show

4:51 | everyone my my uh Lovely permanent sock

4:54 | tan which is um so um I’m just doing

4:59 | something inside my comfort zone is

5:01 | definitely really cool and um I thought

5:04 | you know I would never ever think that I

5:07 | would ever be able to attend the Met

5:09 | you know as a girl I watched it growing

5:11 | up and just in awe of all the dresses

5:13 | and to be on the red carpet or the Green

5:16 | carpet was a dream come true yeah all

5:18 | right we’ll go back here to Coy and then

5:19 | up to Tom uh Coy Harvey ESPN congrats on

5:23 | that honor by the way M Gala um in terms

5:26 | of the golf you’ve mentioned in the last

5:27 | couple of weeks that just to kind of

5:29 | keep yourself locked in you want to keep

5:31 | the golf simple what does that look like

5:33 | for you um well there’s two sides to it

5:38 | obviously when I’m home I’m definitely

5:40 | practicing a lot more and trying to work

5:41 | on technique but when then I’m out here

5:44 | the way I keep it simples by not

5:46 | overdoing it too much going out seeing

5:48 | the golf course you know doing my work

5:51 | with my caddy picking a game plan and

5:53 | then that’s it um I think I’ve got in

5:56 | the past I’ve gotten too caught up in

5:58 | coming out here and I need to do a

6:00 | little extra when I’ve already done my

6:02 | work going into this event and it’s time

6:05 | to just see my shots and execute them

6:07 | and that’s how I’ve tried to simplify

6:09 | it Tom oh when the Met Gala I mean was

6:14 | that something that had been on your

6:16 | radar for a while or was that just

6:18 | something a last minute invitation or no

6:20 | it was more of like a spur of the moment

6:22 | for sure yeah I got the invite and then

6:24 | obviously it could never say no to that

6:27 | I mean it was a dream come true so I’m

6:28 | very grateful

6:30 | to Casey werman for inviting me and um

6:34 | it was just a dream come true yeah was

6:36 | that an unexpected bonus of winning five

6:38 | in a row for sure

6:41 | yeah as I said I never thought I would

6:43 | be able to walk the red carpet there so

6:46 | um I feel like I lived out a a little

6:49 | girl dream of mine and the final

6:52 | question I had is

6:55 | with two weeks off I mean do you sit

6:58 | down and just relax I mean I I heard you

7:01 | worked on your game but what else are

7:03 | you doing just to get away from

7:05 | everything no I definitely spent a good

7:08 | bit of time with my couch the first

7:11 | couple that first couple days turned on

7:13 | the TV I just it was more about sleep

7:16 | the first couple of days I mean I just

7:18 | felt like I just mentally really needed

7:20 | I was just so mentally tired going

7:22 | through all those situations and high

7:23 | pressure moments and then so that’s um

7:27 | one of the reasons why I really needed

7:28 | two weeks off because I feel like when

7:30 | you get one week I mean you kind of not

7:33 | not that you feel guilty to take more

7:36 | days off than your training but just I

7:38 | just needed to work on my game as well

7:40 | so the two weeks really helped me

7:43 | mentally kind of rest up um and I

7:47 | started kind of training the SEC more

7:50 | intensely training the second week but I

7:52 | also had the junior event so I really I

7:54 | wanted to spend time then and I had

7:56 | obviously some um some stuff to do there

8:00 | so um just to kind of spend some time

8:02 | with family uh relaxed and

8:05 | trained see apologize for another Met

8:08 | Gala question but let us near it either

8:12 | uh you said you recognize she cured that

8:15 | anyone say hey there’s Melly quter were

8:17 | you were you spotted or no I think I’m

8:19 | just like such a grain of uh salt in or

8:22 | grain of sand and such a big big room I

8:26 | I thought it was incredible that you get

8:27 | all of these people in one room I mean I

8:30 | was just in awe the entire night I was

8:32 | looking around like I was sitting at my

8:33 | table but I was looking around at

8:36 | everyone the entire night and I just

8:38 | thought it was incredible that you get

8:40 | so many people from so many different

8:42 | Industries in one room one night and and

8:46 | just the I’m sure you’ve noticed that

8:48 | women’s sports is having a moment with

8:50 | with the women’s basketball tournament

8:52 | and some of the other uh achievements

8:53 | lately I’m curious if you see what’s

8:56 | happening with you as an opportunity to

8:58 | make this a moment for women’s golf as

9:00 | well do you look at it that way uh no I

9:03 | say I mean I’m just out here doing what

9:06 | I love and I hopefully that’s what grows

9:08 | the game naturally I’m not trying to

9:10 | push anything I hope that people see me

9:12 | for who I am and that I love this game

9:15 | and I’m doing it naturally just follow

9:17 | is there part as you have success is

9:20 | there a responsibility that goes along

9:22 | with that though I mean you’re in the

9:23 | biggest media Market in the world is

9:24 | somewhere that being on the that Gall of

9:26 | red carpet does help the sport do you

9:28 | see it that way you can also grow the

9:30 | game through this other stuff yeah I

9:32 | mean as I said hopefully I’m doing it

9:33 | naturally I mean at the end of the day I

9:35 | think if you perform well in your sports

9:37 | that’s what grabs people’s attention so

9:40 | um I just hope that I’m a type of I’m

9:43 | not a type of person that tries to push

9:44 | anything or um does anything I’m not

9:47 | really too uh comfor uncomfortable with

9:50 | so I hope that I just do it naturally

9:52 | and I see that people that catches

9:54 | people’s

9:56 | attention ke thank you um talking about

10:00 | your Junior tournament was it do you

10:02 | have like a favorite moment from the

10:04 | tournament and like anything that

10:05 | happened that gave you like good energy

10:07 | for your own game yeah I think during

10:08 | the junior am when I actually had um the

10:12 | a dog out from satchels yeah and

10:15 | everyone was like greeing him he was

10:17 | actually up for adoption I hope he got

10:18 | adopted I did volunteer

10:21 | at um the shelter um Sanctuary a couple

10:26 | days before that on Monday and I got to

10:28 | walk him so so he’s such a sweet sweet

10:31 | boy so seeing everyone interact with him

10:33 | on the first tea was very very wholesome

10:36 | so um I hope he got adopted and that

10:39 | always kind of gives me really good

10:40 | energy when I see people I mean you’re

10:42 | your most genuine self when you see a

10:44 | puppy or like so I I that that really um

10:49 | really gave me a lot of positive energy

10:52 | um and seeing the the junior players

10:54 | like how how did their games kind of

10:57 | compare to what you remember from junior

10:59 | golf oh gosh you know what was crazy to

11:02 | me is there was this one girl that was

11:05 | warming up on the range with a trackman

11:07 | and I was like I don’t remember any of

11:09 | this in junior golf but they’re just

11:12 | like it’s just a different ball game

11:14 | nowadays I mean everyone’s so invested

11:16 | in it um when it just comes from the

11:18 | technology standpoint how hard

11:21 | everyone’s working and the talent that’s

11:22 | out there it’s it’s pretty incredible

11:25 | and I it’s amazing to see how dedicated

11:27 | these girls are at a really really the

11:29 | young age as well so they’re doing more

11:31 | like stat tracking I guess so yeah I was

11:34 | like I looked at that trackman I was

11:35 | like dang I was like that was definitely

11:38 | not it when I was playing junior

11:40 | golf yeah problem all right we’ll head

11:42 | on over to the zoom uh bethanne if you

11:43 | want to go ahead and unmute yourself oh

11:46 | yep hi Nelly hi I I was wondering when

11:49 | when you came down the stretch of the

11:51 | Chevron you talked about how nervous you

11:53 | felt and you hit some incredible shots

11:55 | on the the last two holes what did that

11:58 | tell tell you about yourself in that

12:00 | moment with so much on the line have you

12:02 | been able to reflect a little bit on on

12:05 | what you were able to do yeah I mean I

12:08 | would say that um I’m so grateful for

12:11 | Jason um after I hit it into the water

12:14 | um coming down the stretch he gave me a

12:17 | pep talk and he made sure that I stayed

12:19 | really in the moment that I was taking a

12:21 | shot by shot and having a teammate like

12:23 | him just makes me really really grateful

12:26 | for him and um other than that like I’ve

12:30 | been in a I’ve been in situations where

12:32 | I’ve needed to play well coming down the

12:35 | stretch to you know to keep a lead or to

12:38 | maybe push to get into a tie for a lead

12:41 | and um I feel like every single time I

12:44 | do learn more about myself and I can

12:47 | lean on what I’ve practiced on and I can

12:49 | lean on um you know the situations that

12:52 | I’ve been through to help me through

12:54 | that and to really take it a shot at a

12:56 | time because getting ahead of yourself

12:58 | is

12:59 | is just going to lead you down a Bad Bad

13:02 | Rabbit Hole so we really made sure that

13:04 | we were very very present coming down

13:06 | the stretch and even though even if I

13:08 | had a five shot lead I was still going

13:10 | to be very very nervous and to be very

13:13 | present during that time really helped

13:15 | me to kind of soak in the entire moment

13:17 | as

13:18 | well and and one more if I may we we

13:21 | talked a lot about rests and Recovery in

13:24 | Houston how much did you sleep when you

13:26 | got home like how like what what would

13:29 | an average night’s sleep be like for you

13:31 | and as you’re recovering from that

13:33 | stretch well the first night Sunday I

13:35 | really didn’t sleep much at all I was

13:37 | just like the adrenaline you actually

13:39 | feel really sick like you you can’t

13:41 | sleep the adrenaline kind of wears off

13:43 | like your body starts to ache a little

13:45 | you’re like okay and then my um my first

13:49 | couple nights at home I mean I slept

13:52 | like 9 to8 uh 9 to 10 hours like that’s

13:54 | actually standard for me when I’m home I

13:56 | really try to sleep a lot because I am

13:59 | doing more I’m training as well in the

14:01 | gym so I’m trying to make my body

14:02 | recover so I think I mean the best

14:05 | recovery is sleep so I um you know naps

14:08 | and I don’t love to nap because I feel

14:10 | like when I wake up I don’t know where I

14:14 | am uh what hotel or where I am um so I

14:18 | just make sure that I go to sleep early

14:20 | and try to get the best amount of rest

14:24 | in thank you K Kent go

14:27 | ahead hey Nell you’ve had a couple weeks

14:30 | here to sleep on the possibility of

14:32 | winning six in a row the first time on

14:35 | tour have you thought about that at all

14:38 | and and and what will it take to get to

14:40 | six in a row here uh if I’m being honest

14:43 | I have not thought about it at all just

14:46 | because I’ve had so much go on those two

14:49 | weeks um and then obviously um yester or

14:53 | Monday I had the Met um so haven’t

14:57 | had had too much time to think about it

15:00 | um my track record hasn’t been the

15:02 | greatest in New Jersey last year I

15:04 | missed the cut here and then obviously

15:07 | we played KPMG here last year too and

15:09 | that was a nice Mis cut as well so um

15:12 | I’m really just trying to keep it one

15:14 | shot at a time see how it goes this golf

15:16 | course is tough I mean um it’s very very

15:19 | narrow off the tea the rough is very

15:22 | penalizing um and it’s wet this year so

15:26 | it’s even worse so just not getting too

15:30 | ahead of myself and taking it a shot at

15:32 | a time as boring as it sounds or as many

15:34 | times as you you guys are going to hear

15:36 | me say it that is the motto and I’m

15:38 | gonna stick to it thanks mie thanks just

15:41 | one last one for me uh before we wrap

15:43 | we’re here at the founders cup we’re

15:45 | celebrating Pat Uh Bradley Beth Daniel

15:47 | what have those two and the founders and

15:49 | just anyone that’s kind of carried this

15:51 | Legacy of of women’s golf meant to you

15:53 | and and how do you kind of hope to carry

15:55 | on that torch yeah they’re such amazing

15:59 | people I got to see them yesterday um we

16:02 | actually had a soulan cup dinner and

16:04 | they walked into the room and even Meg

16:06 | malan was there and um they’re just so

16:09 | positive and so fun to talk to and I

16:12 | just hope that you know when I’m in

16:14 | their position girls my age um will

16:18 | think that about me too so they’re

16:21 | they’re amazing ambassadors for the game

16:23 | and I always love spending time with

16:24 | them so it’s going to be a big week for

16:26 | them and I’m excited for them absolutely

16:28 | thank you so much thank you

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