Nelly Korda on how her $25,495-worth TrackMan affects her natural game: “I lose my feel”

Nelly Korda's dominance in the 2024 season is hardly questionable given her multiple victories and the LPGA Player of the Year award. However, the World No. 1 recently shared that she doesn't use simulators and launchpads for practice.

TrackMan golf simulator and Quad launchpads are all the hype amongst golfers currently. Golfers use simulators and launchpads to practice when going to the course is not possible. Many top players have them installed in their home gyms. And while Nelly Korda does have them in her garage, she doesn't really use them.

The US golfer recently appeared on the Five Clubs Show of the Golf Channel. She told host Gary Williams:

"I have a TrackMan, I don't use it. I have a Quad, I don't really use it. They kind of just sit pretty in my garage," she laughed.

She further talked about her approach towards her shots and games and how using a simulator would affect that.

"I don't take a deep dive in the analytics. I don't take a deep dive in the numbers. I just don't want to lose my feel and how I envision the shots. Because I feel like when I start to put in the numbers, I lose my feel-feel. And that's not how I was raised and that's not how I started playing the game."

The indoor-outdoor version of the TrackMan is priced at $25,495 on their official website.

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Recap of Nelly Korda's 2024 season

Nelly Korda at the 2024 Chevron Championship (Source: Imagn)

Nelly Korda took home seven LPGA Tour titles in 2024 and recorded her second Major win at the Chevron Championship. She also had eleven top-10 finishes, was a part of the Solheim Cup-winning US team, and won the LPGA Player of the Year award.

In a single season, the 26-year-old doubled her career win total. In fact, by the end of last year, the margin between her and World No. 2 Ruoning Yin was so the same as between Yin and the World No. 117.

Nelly Korda was also named the eighth-highest-paid female athlete of 2024 with $12.5M to her name. She won $4.5M in prize money and earned $8M in endorsements. She has a long list of admirable sponsors such as Nike, Grant Thornton, Whoop, Cisco, BMW Group, Richard Mille, TaylorMade, Delta Air Lines, T-mobile and Goldman Sachs.

Here's taking a look at Nelly Korda's 2024 season:

• Grant Thornton Invitational: 13 (-16) | 63, 70, 67, -
• CME Group Tour Championship: T5 (-15) | 72, 66, 69, 66
• The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican: 1 (-14) | 66, 66, 67, 67
• Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G: T5 (-14) | 67, 70, 69, 68
• AIG Women's Open: T2 (-5) | 68, 68, 75, 72
• The Amundi Evian Championship: T26 (-5) | 69, 72, 70, 68
• KPMG Women's PGA Championship: CUT (+6) | 69, 81, -, -
• Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give: CUT (-1) | 76, 67, -, -
• U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally: CUT (+10) | 80, 70, -, -
• Mizuho Americas Open: 1 (-14) | 70, 68, 65, 71
• Cognizant Founders Cup: T7 (-7) | 69, 66, 73, 73
• The Chevron Championship: 1 (-13) | 68, 69, 69, 69
• T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards: 1 (-8) | 73, 73, 69, 65
• Ford Championship presented by KCC: 1 (-20) | 66, 68, 69, 65
• FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship: 1 (-9) | 72, 67, 67, 69
• LPGA Drive On Championship: 1 (-11) | 65, 67, 68, 73
• Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions: T16 (-2) | 71, 69, 72, 74