Nelly Korda reveals sweet old school gesture before proposal: "He knows what he's doing"

LPGA Tour star Nelly Korda has revealed her fiancé is from the old school. 

The 27-year-old two-time major winner announced her engagement to Casey Gunderson on 28 November. 

She said 'yes' to Gunderson after he got down on one knee at the beach. 

The pair have known each other for years. 

Both went to the same high school and started dating after Gunderson, a former college football player, moved back to Florida. 

Ahead of the PNC Championship, Korda revealed the day before he popped the question he came round to her family's house with fruit-filled dumplings before asking her parents Petr and Regina for their blessing. 

"He knows what he's doing," Nelly told reporters ahead of the hit-and-giggle PGA Tour event that she plays annually alongside her father. 

"What's nice about the relationship is that when I'm home, I’m just Nelly," she said.  

"I'm not Nelly the golfer. I’m not talking about golf when I’m home. 

"I'm just, like, listening to real world problems when I'm home. He's honestly the best supporter too, so I'm extremely lucky."

Asked if Gunderson plays golf, Nelly joked: "No, thank God. I've seen his swing twice, and that's all I needed to see. 

"No, I'm kidding, he's very athletic."

The golfer revealed it won't be the only Korda wedding in 2026. Her younger brother Sebastian - a tennis pro like their father - will marry his long-time girlfriend Ivana Nedved.

"I honestly knew since like 14 that they were going to get married," she said. 

Nelly Korda's 2026 plans

Korda enjoyed a remarkably consistent 2025 season, although she did not step into the winner's circle. 

It was a far cry from her exploits last year, where she won seven tournaments, including one major. 

She said that she plans to scale back the number of tournaments she plays next season to around 18 to 20 and will not play four weeks in a row.

"I've seen my body deteriorate over that [four-week period] and I kind of get into the zone of possibly getting injured," she said. 

"That's the one thing that I have learned this year or throughout my career is just like, okay, where is my max, right? 

"It's okay to push it, but you want to kind of be freshest in some periods of the season. 

"Like that middle part the season gets compacted with a lot of events and flying, so you really want to make sure you're giving yourself a break, you're fresh going into those.

"I mean, golf is already tough mentally, and then flying cross country, you know, traveling by yourself, sleeping in a different bed, I'm getting to the age where I'm feeling that now."