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Is Nelly Korda playing in the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship? All you need to know

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Yes, Nelly Korda will be playing in the 2024 Kroger Queen City Championship. The tournament will be held from Thursday, September 19, to Sunday, September 22 in Maineville, Ohio. It will be Korda’s 14th event on the LPGA Tour.

Minjee Lee is the defending champion of the 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship. The total purse of the 2024 tournament is $2 million and the winner will take home $300,000 with 500 Race to CME Globe points.

Korda is one of the 144 players who’ll compete at the tournament. She has also entered three more LPGA Tour tournaments after the Ohio competition. They are as follows:

BMW Ladies Championship

  • Date: Oct 17 – 20
  • Venue: Seowon Valley Country Club, Seowon Hills, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
  • Purse: $2.20 M
  • 2023 Winner: Minjee Lee

The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican

  • Date: Nov 14 – 17
  • Venue: Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, FL
  • Purse: $3.25 M
  • 2023 Winner: Lilia Vu

CME Group Tour Championship

  • Date: Nov 21 – 24
  • Venue: Ritz Carlton Golf Resort, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, FL
  • Purse: $11.00 M
  • 2023 Winner: Amy Yang

Nelly Korda participated in the 2024 Solheim Cup last week at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. In her fourth appearance, she helped Team USA clinch the victory by 15.5-12.5 against Europe. This was USA’s 11th victory in 19 competitions and first victory after 2017.

Korda played four matches which included two foursomes, a fourball, and a singles match. Korda won three of her matches and lost her singles match against England’s Charley Hull.

Let’s take a look at Korda’s performance at the 2024 Solheim Cup:

Friday Fourball:

  • Nelly Korda / Megan Khang vs. Georgia Hall / Leona Maguire
  • Result: 6 & 4 (USA Win)

Friday Foursomes:

  • Nelly Korda / Allisen Corpuz vs. Esther Henseleit / Charley Hull
  • Result: 3 & 2 (USA Win)

Saturday Foursomes:

  • Nelly Korda / Allisen Corpuz vs. Emily Pedersen / Carlota Ciganda
  • Result: 1 UP (USA Win)

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