Hi Team Titleist,

In case you missed it, Titleist Brand Ambassador Nelly Korda lifted her first major championship trophy Sunday, June 27 at Atlanta Athletic Club, making two eagles in a closing 4-under 68 that earned her a three-shot victory, moving her to No. 1 in the World Ranking for the first time.

• Korda – playing a NEW Pro V1 golf ball, TSi1 driver, TSi2 fairways, T100 irons, Vokey Design SM8 wedges and Scotty Cameron Special Select Squareback 2 putter – tied the tournament scoring record at 19 under, including a second-round 63 (featuring a back-nine 29) that matched the lowest round ever shot at a Women’s PGA.
• The win was Korda’s second in consecutive weeks – following her two-shot victory at the Meijer LPGA Classic, featuring a career-best 62 in Round 3 – and third overall this season, two more than anyone else on tour.
• Over those two wins, eight rounds and 144 holes, Korda has hit 120 greens in regulation, making 47 birdies and four eagles while finishing a combined 44 under par.
• Korda's birdie or better percentage topped the field at 35.4% (all other players: 20.1%) 
• In 11 LPGA starts this year, Korda has eight top-10’s, six top-5’s, three wins and a major.
• Korda, who led a 1-through-8 finish for Titleist golf ball players, was the 11th-consecutive player to win on the LPGA playing a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball.
• Fourteen of the 15 events played this season have been won by Titleist golf ball players.

WHAT’S IN NELLY KORDA’S BAG?

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSi1 10.0° | Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6 S
Fairway Metals: TSi2 16.5°, 21° | Fujikura Ventus Red 70 S and Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 75 S respectively
Irons: T100 (5-PW) | Aerotech SteelFiber i80cw F4
Wedges: Vokey Design SM8 50.08F, 54.10S, 58.08M | Aerotech SteelFiber i95cw S
Putter: Scotty Cameron Special Select Squareback 2 tour prototype

KORDA 2-FOR-2 WITH SQUAREBACK 2

Nelly Korda switched to a Scotty Cameron Special Select Squareback 2 model before the Meijer LPGA Classic, having won all four of her previous LPGA titles with the same Scotty Cameron Prototype Select Concept 2 tour prototype, a Newport 2 style head with a GSS insert.

• Korda has always preferred the look of Scotty Cameron blades and has used a blade-style putter most of her career but, according to the Scotty Cameron Tour Department, she was looking for a change that could offer a different feel and help provide better distance control.
• For players that gravitate to a blade but want to look down at a more confidence-inspiring shape, the Squareback 2 offers the best of both those worlds.
• It sets up like Korda’s blade models of the past but is larger front-to-back so it provides a slightly more forgiving look.
• The head is milled from a block of 303 stainless steel, and given a mid-milled face pattern, that delivers consistent sound and soft feel.

KORDA’S PRO V1

Korda switched to the 2021 Pro V1 golf ball at The Gainbridge LPGA in late February, where she was the only player to shoot all four rounds in the 60’s en route to a three-shot victory at Lake Nona.

• “Nelly immediately felt like new Pro V1 was coming off the face a little faster and giving her the slightly higher flight and lower spin that she’d been wanting to see in the long game,” said Jeff Beyers of Titleist Golf Ball R&D. “She was also testing a new driver and loved the performance and numbers she was seeing from that combination.”

KORDA’S TSi1 DRIVER

At The Gainbridge LPGA, Korda became the first player on major professional tour to play and win with a TSi1 (or prior generation TS1) driver model.

• Korda, who plays a TSi1 10.0° (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6), now has three wins with the ultra-lightweight, high-launching model.
• Korda put TSi1 in play following a trip to the Titleist Performance Institute in early 2021.
• “She loved the shape of the TSi1 and was swinging it with a lot of confidence,” said J.J. VanWezenbeeck, Titleist’s Director of Players Promotions. “Initially, we were very close with TSi2 and she was gaining up to 5mph additional ball speed. But she has a slight tendency to miss on the heel and Stephanie Luttrell (Titleist’s Director of Metalwood Product Development) suggested the TSi1 head – with its CG properties being closer to face center – could help improve strike location and provide the extra forgiveness she needed on those swings. TSi1 was never going to be the obvious choice with her 150mph ball speed, but in going through the fitting process we were able test all of the options and determine the optimal setup that is getting her 10-15 additional yards with better accuracy.”

Korda's Wedges