At this point last year, Nelly Korda had already won three tournaments and quickly became the best player in the world. The comparisons to Scottie Scheffler were palpable too, especially since Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players in March and then finished runner-up to Stephan Jaeger at the Texas Children’s Houston Open two weeks later.

US golf star Nelly Korda returns to the LPGA Tour on Thursday, with the world No. 1 set to defend her title at this week's Ford Championship.