Bradenton’s Nelly Korda is the No. 1 golfer in the world. Will she set a new record?

Update: Nelly Korda withdrew from the JM Eagle L.A. Championship late Tuesday after this story published. She released a statement on her Instagram story, according to the LPGA, that read:

“Hi everyone,

Wow! What a week. The win still hasn’t sunk in but I have truly been overwhelmed by all of the love and support I’ve received. The crowds at Carlton Woods this past week were incredible and so too were all the messages I’ve received from those watching from afar.

I wanted to let you all know that after a lot of consideration with my team, I have decided to withdraw from the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro.

It was not an easy decision. After the unbelievable week at The Chevron and grinding through the mental and physical challenges of four events in the past five weeks, I am definitely feeling exhausted. With so much still to come throughout 2024, I feel I need to listen to my body and get some rest, so I can be ready for the remainder of the season.

To the fans, thank you all for the incredible love and support over the past few weeks. I also want to say thank you to Walter and Shirley Wang who I know will host an incredible event at Wilshire this next week - your support is so greatly appreciated and you have helped elevate our Tour in numerous ways. I will be cheering you all on from afar and I look forward to seeing everyone again in New Jersey!”

The next LPGA Tour event is the Cognizant Founders Cup on May 9-12 in Clifton, New Jersey, where Korda can go for a record sixth straight victory.

The streak started in Bradenton.

It’s continuing this week in Los Angeles.

Nelly Korda, the world’s No. 1 women’s golfer and Bradenton native, is going for a record sixth consecutive LPGA Tour tournament win at the JM Eagle L.A. Championship this week.

Korda’s scintillating 2024 season started when the LPGA Tour held the Drive On Championship at Bradenton Country Club in January.

After that, Korda took the LPGA Tour’s Asian Swing off. She returned to action on March 21 for the Fir Hills Se Ri Pak Championship in California. That resulted in her second consecutive win. That form continued the following two weeks with wins at the Ford Championship in Arizona and T-Mobile Match Play in Las Vegas.

On Sunday, Korda tied the all-time record for consecutive wins when she captured her second major championship. The two-shot win at the Chevron Championship in Texas marked her fifth straight win to tie a record shared by Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05).

Lopez and Sorenstam are World Golf Hall of Famers.

During the current streak, Korda catapulted herself back to the No. 1 world ranking. She’s attempting to set a new record when she tees it up with the JM Eagle L.A. Championship this week. The tournament begins Thursday and concludes Sunday.

While Korda has torched the LPGA Tour in her last five starts, the top player in the men’s game, Scottie Scheffler, is also on a heater with four wins in his last five starts , including capturing the RBC Heritage in a Monday finish a week after claiming his second Masters title.

“One of the people here asked me, like, ‘Is this turning into a competition between you and Nelly?’ and I was like, I don’t know, man, I think if it’s a competition, she’s got me pretty beat right now,” Scheffler said Monday, according to PGATour.com. “Five wins in a row … it’s pretty special stuff. To win four times in a row and then show up at a major championship and win is extremely impressive. So I’m extremely happy for her.”

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