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CHASKA, Minn. – Annika Sorenstam didn’t hesitate.
“Four is not even an option,” she said when asked how many majors are required to complete the LPGA’s calendar slam. “You can’t win four and call it a calendar slam when the calendar has five.”
This week world No. 1 Nelly Korda has the chance to become only the third player in LPGA history to win the first three majors of a season, joining Babe Zaharias (1950) and Inbee Park (2013).
Korda all but ran away with the Chevron Championship in April, going wire-to-wire in Houston. She then clinched a nail-biter at Riviera Country Club earlier this month to claim her first U.S. Women’s Open title and fourth career major.
This week at Hazeltine National, she’s the clear-cut favorite at the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, finishing tied for third here in 2019 at age 20. Korda says she’s not out there thinking about slams or history.
More: Nelly Korda, going for third straight LPGA major, admits she's a bit of a dork
“I'm just out here trying to play golf for sure,” she said. “I think I have a very in-the-moment mindset this year, which I'm just trying to take towards the end of the year.”
In 2013, the LPGA designated the Amundi Evian Championship as its fifth major. Korda has played her entire career with five different major championships on the table.
“They have more chances than we did,” said Sorenstam, “but it makes it harder to win all five.”
The LPGA officially recognizes a player as having achieved the grand slam after winning four consecutive majors in a single season. A player who wins five majors in a single season will be acknowledged as having won the Super Grand Slam.
The term grand slam originates from bridge, a card game in which players win tricks. When someone clears the table, they earn 13 tricks, or a grand slam. Bridge was quite popular around the time Bobby Jones won the four biggest tournaments of his era in 1930, prompting the Atlanta Journal's O.B. Keeler to use the bridge term to famously describe Jones’ improbable feat.
A grand slam in its traditional sense doesn't refer to a specific number but rather running the table.
Count Lydia Ko, winner of three different majors, in Sorenstam’s camp.
“I think if there is five,” she said, “five is it.”
Beth Ann Nichols is a senior writer at Golfweek covering the LPGA and women's golf.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Annika Sorenstam says Nelly Korda needs 5 majors for calendar slam
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“Four is not even an option,” she said when asked how many majors are required to complete the LPGA’s calendar slam. “You can’t win four and call it a calendar slam when the calendar has five.”
This week world No. 1 Nelly Korda has the chance to become only the third player in LPGA history to win the first three majors of a season, joining Babe Zaharias (1950) and Inbee Park (2013).
Korda all but ran away with the Chevron Championship in April, going wire-to-wire in Houston. She then clinched a nail-biter at Riviera Country Club earlier this month to claim her first U.S. Women’s Open title and fourth career major.
This week at Hazeltine National, she’s the clear-cut favorite at the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, finishing tied for third here in 2019 at age 20. Korda says she’s not out there thinking about slams or history.
More: Nelly Korda, going for third straight LPGA major, admits she's a bit of a dork
“I'm just out here trying to play golf for sure,” she said. “I think I have a very in-the-moment mindset this year, which I'm just trying to take towards the end of the year.”
In 2013, the LPGA designated the Amundi Evian Championship as its fifth major. Korda has played her entire career with five different major championships on the table.
“They have more chances than we did,” said Sorenstam, “but it makes it harder to win all five.”
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The LPGA officially recognizes a player as having achieved the grand slam after winning four consecutive majors in a single season. A player who wins five majors in a single season will be acknowledged as having won the Super Grand Slam.
The term grand slam originates from bridge, a card game in which players win tricks. When someone clears the table, they earn 13 tricks, or a grand slam. Bridge was quite popular around the time Bobby Jones won the four biggest tournaments of his era in 1930, prompting the Atlanta Journal's O.B. Keeler to use the bridge term to famously describe Jones’ improbable feat.
A grand slam in its traditional sense doesn't refer to a specific number but rather running the table.
Count Lydia Ko, winner of three different majors, in Sorenstam’s camp.
“I think if there is five,” she said, “five is it.”
Beth Ann Nichols is a senior writer at Golfweek covering the LPGA and women's golf.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Annika Sorenstam says Nelly Korda needs 5 majors for calendar slam
Continue reading...
