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Jordan Spieth wants his dad to ‘swing like Nelly’ at the PNC, as Petr and Nelly Korda are grouped with Team Spieth

Jordan Spieth has a swing thought this weekend for his dad: Swing like Nelly.

ORLANDO — Jordan Spieth has a swing thought this weekend for his dad: Swing like Nelly.

“It’s like playing with Adam Scott,” gushed Spieth. “She swings it so sweet. It will be nice to watch that tempo, and hopefully dad will watch that tempo and take that tempo.”

Saturday at the PNC Championship offers Korda her first chance to watch Spieth in person. Korda, currently No. 2 in the world, said her big takeaway last week at the QBE Shootout was the friendly vibes on the men’s tour.

She’s looking forward to more of that this week as she plays alongside her father, Petr, for a second year in a row. Last year, Nelly met Tiger Woods, her childhood idol at the PNC and called it a dream.

“Every year I get a nice, sweet treat from this event,” she said.

Adding to that sweetness will be the fact that her entire family (mom, dad and Nelly, Jessica and Sebastian) will be together on Sunday for the first time in a long time. They spent 40 hours together watching Sebastian compete in the U.S. Open. Prior to that, they were all together for Jessica’s wedding last December.

“Out of that 40 hours, I probably saw him for like two or three,” said Nelly. “So he’ll come Sunday, and then we’ll all get to spend time together next week before he leaves to Australia.”

Petr and Nelly had only played together three holes coming into this week. Petr spends a lot of time outside the ropes watching Nelly and on the courts working with Sebastian.

Dad notes that neither Jessica nor Nelly give him shots when they play, and that something is always on the line.

“He’s good,” said Nelly. “He shoots around even par. He is still like – he almost beat me a year ago, and I was like, ‘Oh, my God.’ ”

Petr said he has played less than six or seven times this year. Even so, Nelly said he takes every opportunity to get in their heads.

“I can a little bit compete with them on the golf course,” he said, “but when we get on the tennis court, I feel good.”

After a trying year in which Nelly had surgery for a blood clot and missed several months of competition, she’s going into the new year feeling good after a victory at the penultimate LPGA event and couple of feel-good events.

“It was so special to be here last year,” said Nelly. “Made some really great memories. When we got invited this year, we were over the moon we could come back and play this event and make some more memories together.”

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Nelly Korda will make her debut in the PNC Championship with father Petr as her partner

Two major champions will make their PNC Championship debuts this year in Florida.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda will make her debut in the PNC Championship alongside her father Petr, winner of the 1998 Australian Open, the tournament has announced.

Nelly, of course, won her first major title earlier this year at the KPMG Women’s PGA as well as Olympic gold in Tokyo. The PNC Championship will be held Dec. 16-19 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes.

To qualify for the PNC Championship, players must have won a major championship or The Players Championship. Their partner must not hold a PGA Tour card.

“I am obviously excited to get to play alongside so many legends of golf but if I’m honest,” said Nelly in a release, “what excites me even more will be having my dad playing alongside me. After all these years of him watching and supporting us kids from the sidelines in both golf and tennis, it is going to be so much fun to be in a team competing together! The whole family is looking forward to enjoying this in the run up to Christmas.”

Henrik Stenson plays his second shot on the 10th hole during Day One of The Italian Open at Marco Simone Golf Club on September 02, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images)

Henrik Stenson, the 2016 Open Champion, will also play in his first PNC with his 11-year-old son Karl.

“I was thrilled to hear we had made the cut for this prestigious event and that we will be in the field this December,” said Stenson. “We are all in preparing for what will be, in the eyes of my family, the most important event of my season. Joking aside, I cannot wait to share the inside the ropes competitive experience with my son against so many icons of the game. We feel very privileged to be part of such an amazing field.”

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The tournament will be broadcast live on NBC and limited tickets will go on sale for the general public on Friday, Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. ET. Teams will play for a total purse of $1,085,000 in a two-day 36-hole scramble format. The 2020 edition was won by Justin Thomas and his father, Mike.

Other players confirmed for the field so far include: Gary Player, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, David Duval, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar.

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