Nelly Korda clinches LPGA player of the year award

Korda won six times this year, including a major championship. She won five straight tournaments earlier in the season to tie the LPGA record.

This marks the second straight year an American player has won the biggest LPGA award. Lilia Vu won the award in 2023 on the strength of two majors. The last time Americans won LPGA player of the year in successive years was Betsy King in 1993 and Beth Daniel in 1994.

Korda, the No.1 player in the women's world ranking, still has two tournaments left as she tries to win the Race to CME Globe, which is decided in the season finale from November 21-24.