Watch: Petr and Sebastian Korda meet Tiger Woods for the first time
Former Australian Open champion Petr Korda, along with his daughter Nelly Korda and son Sebastian Korda, met golfing superstar Tiger Woods for the first time at the 2021 PNC Championships.
The former ATP World No. 2 is part of Nelly's team, forming the only daughter-father pairing at this year's tournament. Meanwhile Sebastian, who is currently the ATP World No. 41, is present at the event in his capacity as Team Korda's caddie.
Tiger Woods is also returning to action after 10 months at the 2021 PNC Championship, playing with his son Charlie Woods. The Korda trio met Woods during the second day of the tournament, and a star-struck Nelly requested for a photo together.
No. 1 ranked Nelly Korda meeting Tiger Woods for the first time was too wholesome 🙌
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Woods graciously agreed, posing not only with Nelly but also with Petr and Sebastian. Nelly Korda thanked Tiger profusely for being kind enough to stand for the photograph and could not contain her glee during the entire episode.
Throughout the video, the LPGA No.1 can be spotted flashing a wide smile at the realization of her childhood dream coming true.
"That was so cool. Dream come true," Nelly exclaimed after the meeting.
The photo has since been shared on both Twitter and Instagram by the official account of the PGA TOUR Champions, the hosting body of the PNC Championship.
The photo: @NellyKorda meets @TigerWoods for the first time. https://t.co/aLWBmby05k
The American also took the time to exchange a few words with Petr and Nelly, asking about their progress at the tournament. Currently, Team Woods is tied at 5th in the leaderboard whereas Team Korda is tied at 11th position.
The Korda family’s sporting legacy
Petr Korda is married to Regina Kordova, who is also a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Regina represented the country at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 26.
The couple have three children together -- Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda and Sebastian Korda.
Sebastian Korda is a professional tennis player like his parents, and won the Australian Open junior title in 2018. In 2021, he won his first ATP title at the ATP 250 Emilia-Romagna Open.
Sebastian also finished as the runner-up at the 2021 Next Gen ATP Finals, losing to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the final.
Jessica Korda has six LPGA Tour wins to her name, and was ranked as high as 13th in the world at the end of the 2018 season. Nelly Korda is the current LPGA No.1 and has seven LPGA Tour titles under her belt.