Jessica Korda Bio, Age, Jaw Surgery, Boyfriend, Golf, LPGA Tour, and Family

Jessica Korda Biography

Jessica Korda is an American professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA Tour team. She is placed 2nd at the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur. During the 2019 Solheim Cup, Jessica and Nelly remained at the top.

Jessica Korda Age and Body Measurements

Korda was born in 1993, February 27 in Bradenton, Florida. Jessica Korda is 26 years old. Her height is 1.80 m(5 ft 11 inches). Her dress size is 6 and also the shoe size is 10. However, her other body measurements are not yet revealed.

Jessica Korda Family

She comes from a family where sports are not a big deal, as her parents Pert Korda and Regina Raichrtova were also professional athletes as they dominated the sport of tennis. As retired athletes, they do all they can to support their daughter’s career.

Her father was a grand slam champion, has he won the Australian Open in 1998. Jessica’s younger brother, Sebastian won the 2018 Australian Open title in the boys’ division. Jessica also has a sister, Nelly that plays golf and that joined her in the 2017 LPGA Tour.

Jessica Korda Sister

Korda has one mentioned sibling, Nelly Korda. Nelly is her younger sister still playing golf. She joined the 2017 LPGA Tour. This was after earning her card via Symetra Tour.

Jessica Korda Boyfriend

Korda was dating Johnny Delprete, her caddy. Once caddy Jason Gilroyed and Jessica had disagreements. After shooting 5-over-par in the first nine holes she fired Jason. This is when her boyfriend, Johnny DelPrete. came through to serve as her caddy in the rest of the round. Johnny DelPrete is a professional golfer. After this, she made a shot 1- under for the second nine. In the final round, DelPrete was still her caddy.

John DelPrete was arrested on 25th Feb 2019. He was arrested on a charge of soliciting prostitution. Also, one charge of the use of a structure or conveyance for prostitution A hidden camera captured him receiving a sex act at a Florida spa in October. According to Martin County’s report(sheriff), it indicates that DelPrete paid cash and received an explicit act at Bridge Foot Massage and Spa. He was released on a $2500 bond. However, Jessica Korda has remained mute about the story.

Jessica Korda Net Worth

She has total earnings of $5,193,181. Korda has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars. Mainly, her earnings are from golf games she participates in.

Jessica Korda Golf

At first, she was a member of the Junior Solheim Cup in 2009 U.S. Then she joined the Curtis Cup U.S. team. At first, she won the South Atlantic Amateur in 2010. In 2008 and 2009 Jessica cut the U.S. Women’S Opens. For the Open debut in 2008, Jessica finished T19 by shooting the only round in the 60s, Sunday.

The shoot was a 69. Korda completed the runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur. 2006, Jessica was representing the Czech Republic in the World Amateur Team Championship. In addition to that, Korda won the Espirito Santo Trophy. Jessica had a tie in 2010 representing the United States in fourth place.

In late 2010, Korda joined the LPGA Tour Qualifying School at 17 years old.

Jessica Korda LPGA Tour

During a game in 2010, Korda finished runner- up in the Final Qualifying Tournament. This is how she qualified to be a member of the LPGA Tour in 2011. While Korda was turning 18 in 2011, she was in LPGA for the second season. Her best finish was at 19( a tie) in the Avent LPGA Classic. Also, Jessica had 15 events during her rookie year.

Jessica’s debut professional win was with the 2012 season. This was at the first event of the Women’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. Before her victory on the 2nd hole of a six-person playoff, Korda had rounds of 72-70-73-74. The second winning title at the LPGA Tour was at Pure Silk- Bahamas LPGA Classic openings. This was in 2014 January where she finished with one shot ahead of Stacy Lewis.

Jessica Korda Jaw Surgery

She had a jaw surgery with 27 screws keeping her face together. Also, she had a left forearm injury that kept her out of the 2017 Solheim Cup. She had a face cramp in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. Before she wore braces for eight years. Doctors recommended jaw surgery as the only way to correct a severe overbite. The surgery took place on December 7, 2018, taking almost 3 hours. Jessica was fed on soup and smoothies for weeks which inturn cost her 13 pounds. She received visits from Austin Ernst. Most of the time Jessica read books and watched television on mute. This was due to the fact that noise hurt her so much. Luckily enough, she recovered just in time to visit her young brother, Sebastian. Sebastian won the Australian Open title for the junior crown. After the surgery, Jessica did her first golf hit on January 7th. It was at Topgolf celebrating Jodi Ewart Shadoff’s 30th birthday. However, she hit using her left hand. In January 2019, she was back in games under instructor Kolby Wayne.

Jessica Korda Wins

Korda has five wins. These include:

• Women’s Australian Open in 2012, February 12. 72-70-73-74= 289
• Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic on January 26, 2014.69-66-72-66=273
• Airbus LPGA Classic on May 25, 201467-67-69-65-268
• Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in 2015 October 11 69-67-65-65=266
• Honda LPGA Thailand in 2018 February 25 66-62-68-67=263.

Jessica Korda News

She has won on the Sunday Singles Match

Jessica attended the Sunday Singles Match playing against Caroline Masson at the Solheim Cup. She won 3 and 2 over Caroline Masson. The game started on 13th and ended on 15th with Nelly and Jessica Korda dominating on top of the league. The two won 6 and 5 over Carlota Ciganda and Bronte Law on Saturday at the 2019 Solheim Cup. It took place in the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland. It was a game between Europe and U.S.A top women professional players.