Nelly Korda

Already an established superstar in the women's game prior to 2024, world number one Nelly Korda took her game to new heights with a staggering run of successes.

Victory in April's Chevron Championship not only secured a second major title - to go with her win in the 2021 KPMG PGA Championship - but also represented a record-equalling fifth LPGA Tour title in as many starts for the 25-year-old American.

Korda went into the year's first major having strung together consecutive triumphs at the LPGA Drive On Championship, Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship, Ford Championship presented by KCC and T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards. She then stormed to victory at the Chevron Championship, carding four sub-70 rounds to finish two clear of Maja Stark on 13-under.

Korda joined Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam as the only players since 1978 to win in five successive LPGA Tour starts.

After missing out to Rose Zhang in the Cognizant Founders Cup, Korda stormed back to form by claiming the Mizuho Americas Open for an incredible sixth victory in seven tournaments.

Nelly was always in contention at the 2024 AIG Women's Open - leading after 36 holes and being two strokes clear halfway through the final round - but she couldn't match eventual winner Lydia Ko's consistency and had to settle for a T2 finish; her best return in the Championship.

Nelly joined her older sister Jessica on the LPGA Tour in 2017 and four years later reached world number one alongside achieving her first major victory at the KPMG PGA Championship. That included a second-round 63 and six weeks later she became an Olympic gold medallist in Tokyo, thanks in part to a second-round 62 that included a double-bogey on the final hole.

She missed a large portion of the early 2022 season with a blood clot in her arm, but managed to overcome the health scare and win on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tours before the end of the year.

Her father Petr was a highly successful tennis player, winning the Australian Open as well as reaching the French Open final, while younger brother Sebastian is also a rising star on the ATP Tour.

Nelly's tally of LPGA victories now stands at 15, after she won The Annika for a third time, in November 2024. In claiming The Annika crown, Nelly became the first LPGA golfer to earn seven wins in a season since Yani Tseng in 2011, and the first American to do so since Beth Daniel in 1990.