The inaugural Nelly Invitational welcomes top-ranked field

BRADENTON, Fla. – The Nelly Invitational is slated to take place May 3-6 in Bradenton, Florida. The all-girls Invitational brings the top-ranked junior golfers in the world to compete at The Concession Golf Club for a 54-hole, stroke-play tournament. This will be Concession's first AJGA event since hosting the Rolex Girls Junior Championship 2012. Nelly Korda, a standout LPGA Tour player, AJGA alumna and Team TaylorMade athlete, will serve as the tournament host to the inaugural event.

Korda is a three-time Rolex Junior All-American and claimed two AJGA Invitational titles at the 2015 Yani Tseng Invitational presented by the Swinging Skirts and 2015 The PING Invitational. Korda joined the LPGA Tour in 2017 and has had 13 career victories, with five so far in 2024, including two majors at the 2021 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and the 2024 Chevron Championship. Korda has also competed on three Solheim Cup teams in 2019, 2021 and 2023 and won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

About The Nelly Invitational Field
The 2024 event will include nine of the top 25 girls in the Rolex AJGA Rankings.

11. Ryleigh Knaub of Debary, Florida
13. Aphrodite Deng of (Canada) Short Hills, New Jersey
14. Anna Huang of (Canada) Coto De Caza, California
15. Amy Lee of (South Korea) Langley, British Columbia, Canada
16. Irene Kim of Columbia, Maryland
19. Alice Ziyi Zhao of (China) Irvine, California
22. Kinsley (Zixin) Ni of (China) Los Angeles, California
23. Elise Lee of Irvine, California
24. Siuue Wu of (Hong Kong) Reunion, Florida

Representatives from eight foreign countries and 16 U.S. states are set to compete in the inaugural all-girls event. There are also 27 players who have committed verbally or with a National Letter of Intent to play college golf. The field consist of 44 past AJGA champions and 24 Rolex Junior All-Americans.

Schedule
The tournament rounds run Saturday, May 4 - Monday, May 6. Tee times will be from 9:40 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. off of No. 1 on May 4th and 5th and tee times from 7:30 – 9:10 a.m. off of Nos. 1 & 10 on May 6th.

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