It was a neck injury that Korda said happened during one of her last practice sessions in September before heading to Asia that kept her from playing any of the four events on the swing. She thinks it was something that had been bothering her for a while and it finally reached its breaking point.

Newly minted Player of the Year Nelly Korda has not played competitively in nearly two months, but based on her opening round at The Pelican on Thursday, you could never have guessed that was the case.

Charley Hull, fresh off her first victory in more than two years, didn’t lose her form from Saudi Arabia to Florida in opening with a 6-under-par 64 to share the lead with Jiwon Jeon.