Nelly Korda had a familiar face following her inside the ropes at the season’s fourth major. Big sister Jessica served as an on-course reporter in Korda’s group during Round 1 of the Amundi Evian Championship, where world No. 1 Nelly opened with a 4-under 67 to trail a group of five players by two strokes.
Jessica, who was on medical leave for a back injury before she got pregnant with her first child, has worked in television at previous events, but this marks the 32-year-old’s first time with the Golf Channel crew.
“I was to ask as well if it makes you nervous that I’m commentating on your group,” Jessica said to Nelly after the round. “You did almost hit me a couple times when you missed fairways today.”
“Maybe you should have stayed in the fairway and I would’ve hit you,” Nelly responded, before adding that she loves having family inside the ropes. “It’s like a little comfort blanket to have you out there. Hopefully I have you for the rest of the week.”
“Do you guys hear that?” Korda said to producers. “She wants me the rest of the week, so we have to adjust coverage based on that.”
