{"id":49302,"date":"2026-06-27T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/world-no-1-nelly-kordas-driver-head-cover-is-like-a-dream\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:04:31","slug":"world-no-1-nelly-kordas-driver-head-cover-is-like-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/world-no-1-nelly-kordas-driver-head-cover-is-like-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"World No. 1 Nelly Korda&#8217;s driver head cover is like a dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CHASKA, Minn. \u2013 The most enviable headcover on tour belongs to world No. 1 Nelly Korda.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, longtime caddy Jason McDade designs a new headcover for his boss&#8217;s driver, which is specially made by Elliott Golf Co., a Charleston, S.C., manufacturer of hand-stitched leather goods.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Makdide fills his headcover with symbols of special moments, such as Olympic gold medals, major victories, and the flags of the countries that hoisted trophies. The current version includes a pair of dice to represent her 2024 win in Las Vegas, the flags of Taiwan and Australia, for example, to represent her first two Tour wins, and a lion, which she has long used as her personal logo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Jason McDade, Nellie Korda&#8217;s caddy, makes a headcover for his boss every year to commemorate his victory.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI hope I can play both games next year,\u201d McDide said with a smile.<\/p>\n<p>Korda, a 19-time LPGA champion, has four titles as of 2026, including the first two majors of the season. She is competing for her third straight major title at this week&#8217;s KPMG Women&#8217;s PGA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p><em>Beth Ann Nichols is a senior writer for Golfweek covering the LPGA. Follow her on Twitter\/X (@GolfweekNichols).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on Golfweek: World No. 1 Nelly Korda&#8217;s driver headcover is the stuff of dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHASKA, Minn. \u2013 The most enviable headcover on tour belongs to world No. 1 Nelly Korda. Every year, longtime caddy Jason McDade designs a new headcover for his boss&#8217;s driver, which is specially made by Elliott Golf Co., a Charleston, S.C., manufacturer of hand-stitched leather goods. advertisement Makdide fills his headcover with symbols of special [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-49302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}