Korda makes Czech golf history

Fifteen-year-old Jessica Korda has made Czech golf history, finishing joint 19th in the US Open golf tournament. Korda finished first in the final day’s play, catapulting her from 58th place comfortably into the top 20. In what was Korda’s first major tournament, the Czech golfer finished ahead of the world women’s number one, the Mexican Lorena Ochoa, and one of the favourites for the tournament, Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam. The daughter of former Czech tennis ace, Petr Korda, is the only Czech to have ever made the cut at the US Open.