2026 has shaped up to be quite the year for Nelly Korda and she’s getting closer and closer to qualifying for the tour’s points-based Hall of Fame.
Korda won the U.S. Women’s Open at Riviera in June, the fourth major win of her career and her fourth LPGA win of the 2026 season.
On Tuesday night, the 28-year-old Korda was named Rolex Player of the Year. With the honor, she now sits with 26 points, just one away from becoming an LPGA Hall of Famer.
It currently takes 27 points to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame, which is different from the all-encompassing World Golf Hall of Fame (voter-based).
One point is given for each LPGA official tournament win and each Vare Trophy (lowest scoring average for a season) or Rolex Player of the Year award. Two points are awarded for each major victory, and another point is given for an Olympic gold medal.
Despite her 69.38 scoring average, Korda will be unable to earn the point given to the 2026 Vare Trophy winner as she doesn’t meet the minimum number of 70 rounds.
She will have a chance to earn a point if she wins at either the Annika next week or the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, later in the month.
In addition to the necessary 27 points, players must have won or been awarded at least one of the following: an LPGA major, the Vare Trophy or Rolex POY honors.
Lydia Ko was the most recent player to achieve the tour’s highest honor, doing so in 2024 when she captured gold at the Paris Olympics. She became the 35th player to earn enough LGPA HOF points.
Here’s a breakdown of how Korda has achieved her total:
| Nelly Korda’s career | Total (HOF points) |
| Regular LPGA wins | 15 (15 points) |
| Major victories | 4 (8 points) |
| Olympic gold medals | 1 (1 point) |
| Rolex Player of the Year | 2 (2 points) |
Current players with at least 15 LPGA Hall of Fame points
- Nelly Korda: 26 points
- Yani Tseng: 23 points
- Jin Young Ko: 20 points
- Stacy Lewis: 19 points
- Ariya Jutanugarn: 17 points
- Brooke Henderson: 16 points
In addition to the win at Riviera, Korda also took home the first major title of the season back in April at The Chevron Championship in Houston.
The 19-time tour winner earned her first victory in more than 14 months at the beginning of February at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, which was reduced to 54 holes because of weather. That pushed her total to 20 HOF points.
Korda won seven times in 2024 but was blanked the following year and is clearly on a mission to make up for lost time.
