How the Team USA women’s golfers did at 2021 Olympics

Of the four American women in Tokyo, Jessica Korda was the only one without a major championship on her résumé. She and sister Nelly are the daughters of 1998 Australian Open men’s tennis champion Petr Korda and 1988 Czech Olympic tennis player Regina Rajchrtova Korda.

Jessica shot 71 and 67 to start the week but then slid back with a 73 in the third round. She closed strong, however, posting a bogey-free final-round 64 that featured seven birdies to finished tied for 15th.

“What a great week to have, playing the Olympics and I could only dream of this,” she said before heading back to the course to watch her sister. “I wasn’t even dreaming of this, if we had to qualify last year I wouldn’t have been anywhere near it. So the fact that we had it this year being, having to qualify for the U.S., being the fourth girl, it’s not easy to make our team. So I’m just really proud of myself for grinding it out and playing consistent enough to be able to climb my way on to the team.”

Jessica picked up Nelly’s group on the 16th hole and followed her in from there. She was sitting with Germany’s Sophia Popov greenside on 18 when Nelly clinched the gold.