The 2024 Solheim Cup cannot be forgotten so soon. As the American Team raised the glass trophy, cheers erupted from the crowd, celebrating their sweet revenge after the Europeans fell short with a score of 12.5, while the USA claimed victory with a resounding 15.5. While the red, blue, and white won the event, the most anticipated singles match of the Solheim Cup was indeed between Charley Hull and Nelly Korda. The world no. 1 has to face a crushing defeat of 6 & 4, as Hull didn’t give her a chance to get ahead of her. And now, it seems the two will be playing with each other once again!

After 36 holes, Hull has taken the lead at the Annika Driven with two rounds of 64-66 while Korda follows her at solo second with an 8 under 132 scorecard. Certainly, the two will tee up on Saturday together, but their tee times aren’t released as the second round was suspended due to darkness, with three golfers left to continue their rounds. Nonetheless, Hull was asked at the press conference if she would take notes from Korda. Recovering from her neck injury, which she believed was a bit rushed because she wanted to play in the last two events, Nelly Korda is still playing better than most expected of her. And that’s because of her familiarity with the course. Even with windy and unpredictable conditions, Korda noted, “I just kind of know the holes where you kind of have to be safe and the holes where you can be a little bit more aggressive.”

On the other hand, it took Charley Hull two years to win again in her career as she emerged victorious at the Aramco Team Series in Riyadh and won an Aramco event for the second time. Coming off a victory, Hull is definitely in her best form to win on the LPGA Tour as well. However, as someone who has won at the Pelican Golf Club before, wouldn’t it be helpful to have Nelly Korda with her? Although many would’ve believed it, for Hull it is about playing her own game. Talking about taking notes from Korda’s game, the 2-time LPGA Tour winner said, “Not really. I don’t really watch players play golf too much. I’m in my own little bubble.” Regardless of that, Hull expressed that she liked Korda and her game.

The Annika Driven by Gainbridge may not be that tough for the world no. 1, as she has won it twice before in 2021 and 2022. Although Hull wouldn’t take any notes from Korda, she still loves to play with world no. 1, and this time it may be better for Hull than ever.

Charley Hull admires Nelly Korda’s new project

It is quite rare to see both Nelly Korda and Charley Hull playing together while they contest for an event. Surely, the Annika driven will be entertaining for the fans and the 2-time LPGA Tour winner loves it too. She was questioned about her thoughts on being paired with Korda. The English pro admiringly said, “I like playing with Nelly. She makes loads of birdies so good fun to watch. Yeah, it’s really cool.” 

Making birdies will help Hull a lot, as she made a bet with her boyfriend that with every 5 extra birdies, they would extend their European vacation by a day. Hull also revealed that she would ask Korda about the “Swimsuit thing” as she looked nice in the Sports Illustrated 2025 Swimsuit edition. And per Hull “it was pretty cool” to have an LPGA Tour star on the cover page of a magazine, although Korda was shy and outside of her comfort zone but had fun at the end of the day.

Both stars will be making it intense to get the Annika Driven trophy. Korda has won six times this year while Hull doesn’t have any in the 2024 season on the LPGA Tour, so who will turn out to be the better player? Stay tuned to find out.