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PGA TOUR stars praise Nelly Korda's talent

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Jordan Spieth, Max Homa, Kevin Kisner, Padraig Harrington. What do all these players have in common?

Respect for Nelly Korda and her silky smooth swing.

The 24-year-old LPGA star is in the middle of back-to-back weeks playing in male-dominated tournaments, and her skills are not going unnoticed by fellow competitors. It began with last week's QBE Shootout on the PGA TOUR where the eight-time winner played alongside Denny McCarthy.

The pair finished tied for fifth, but her playing group had lots of praise for her talent following the first round.

"We talked about it all day. I think I called her the Tiger Woods of the LPGA Tour at one point," Kisner said following their round together, per Golf Magazine's Sean Zak.

"I don't know how she does not win every week," Homa added in the same interview. "It's a testament to these other ladies that anyone can even sniff beating her because that was wildly impressive."

And the praise for the World No. 2 didn't end on Sunday when the QBE Shootout came to a close. Instead, it carried over into this week's PNC Championship, where Korda is in the field with her father, Petr.

"Swing it like Nelly. That's gonna be the goal on Saturday," Spieth said, per Golf Magazine's Claire Rogers.

"I've seen enough of Jordan and (Justin Thomas) ... Nelly's the one I wanna see on the range this week," Harrington said, according to Golf.com.

Korda's rookie season on the LPGA was in 2017, and she has been a top player ever since. The 2021 Women's PGA Championship - an LPGA major - and impressive back-to-back victories (2021, 2022) at the Pelican Women's Championship are included in her eight wins. She's played in two Solheim Cups and won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for women's golf.

In 2021, she led the LPGA Tour in scoring with a 68.774 average, and since 2019, she's finished inside the top 10 in the league for greens in regulation.

On Saturday, Nelly and her father will tee off at 11:23 a.m. ET for the PNC Championship's first round alongside Team Spieth.

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