She again came too close to the win, but it slipped right through her hands at the CME Group Tour Championship. 2025 officially remains a winless year for Nelly Korda, who had a wild ride the previous year, winning seven events to cement herself as the world No. 1. While that outcome is sure to bite the American in the coming days, Korda does have other reasons to gush about – a future golf round with LeBron James!

Speaking at the post-match presser, where she registered a solo third with 20-under par, Korda shared the details of a potential match with LeBron. “Hopefully, fingers crossed. I mean, he is a very busy man, and we definitely do not live on the same coast of the U.S,” she said with a smile. “So if timing matches up, it would be great to play with him.”

“Fingers crossed,” indeed, Nelly. Keep your hopes high. And why won’t she, when the basketball legend himself has commented on one of her posts? After her Friday round at the Tiburon Golf Club, Korda’s score was as clean as it could be. She had nine birdies in her bag with zero bogeys. The day was hot, as LeBron reposted a highlight reel of her round on his Instagram. What’s noteworthy is that this was not the first time something like this has happened.

Just a week earlier, at The ANNIKA, LeBron James had tweeted, “Helluva putt Nelly! after world No. 2 made a clutch birdie putt on the 18th hole. She carded a 7-under 63 that time, but unfortunately finished T15 on the final day.