Nelly Korda had a chance to settle her LPGA Hall of Fame future on the course this year. Victories at the Chevron Championship and U.S. Women’s Open left her at 25 points, two short of induction. Given her early-season form, she was widely expected to earn those two points by the end of 2026. A single major win would have done it, but she has not won another major since June.

Now, despite leading the tour in scoring average, Korda is set to miss another Hall of Fame point. This time, it has nothing to do with her performance or scores. Korda is ineligible for the Vare Trophy, the LPGA’s award for lowest scoring average, due to insufficient rounds played, though she remains on track for Player of the Year.

Golfweek’s senior writer Beth Ann Nichols notes that the World No. 1 “currently leads the Vare Trophy race for low scoring at 69.38.” However, she is not playing enough golf to win it.

Had she earned the Vare Trophy, she would have received a Hall of Fame point. Paired with the Player of the Year award, which is worth one more point, that would have put her at 27.

But the Vare Trophy has two key eligibility requirements. First, the golfer must play at least 60 individual-scoring rounds, or 60% of the applicable official rounds, whichever is lower. If Nelly Korda makes the cut at The ANNIKA and plays all four rounds of the CME Group Tour Championship, she will have played 61 rounds.

However, she won’t meet the second eligibility criterion, which is playing at least 70 rounds, or 70% of the applicable official rounds, whichever is lower. Counting the four rounds of the Dow Championship she played this summer, Korda finishes at 65 rounds. Thus, she falls five rounds shy of the eligibility criterion. She missed out on the Vare Trophy and the Hall of Fame point for the same reason in 2021.

She could have become eligible if she had played two more events during the season. Her last event was the Solheim Cup, which Charley Hull & co. won. In total, she has made only 15 starts so far in 2026.

She is now on a break that includes the ongoing Lotte Championship, which she is not playing. Golfweek reports that she will also be skipping the Asia swing, which includes the Buick LPGA Shanghai, the BMW Ladies Championship, the Maybank Championship, and the TOTO Japan Classic. This brings her total break to around two months.

This isn’t the first time she has missed the Asia swing. In fact, some fans have been outraged by her habit of skipping it. Korda has not played a fall Asian event since 2023. She skipped the 2024 stops after a neck injury sustained in practice.

“I’m disappointed to miss these events and am especially sorry to my fans who were looking forward to seeing me play,” she wrote in 2024.

She also skipped last year’s swing because of injury. After a top-five finish in Hawaii, Korda withdrew from the International Crown in October 2025 with an unspecified injury, and she was expected to sit out the Asia swing that followed. It came in a winless 2025 in which neck problems cost her time. Korda said after the Hawaii event that her body is “definitely worn down” by that point in the year, and she has stressed the need to be as close to 100 percent as possible before teeing it up.

But despite the reduced schedule, the 28-year-old has a chance to win the remaining two points by the end of the season. She leads Haeran Ryu in the Player of the Year race by 75 points. So that is one possible point. In addition, she can win either The ANNIKA or the CME Group Tour Championship to earn the last point. Korda is a three-time winner at The ANNIKA and can do it again this year.

Nelly Korda’s shortened schedule has cost her another opportunity to add an LPGA Hall of Fame point, but her season is far from over.