Nelly Korda Reveals Extent Of Nasty Dog Bite That Saw Her Withdraw From London Event In 2024

A year after the World No.1 pulled out of the Ladies European Tour's Aramco Team Series event in London, Korda shared a photo of the horrible bite mark

Main image of Nelly Korda hitting driver at the 2025 KPMG Women's PGA Championship and inset screenshot of Korda's Instagram story where she shared the photo of her dog bite
(Image credit: Getty Images/Nelly Korda Instagram)
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Women's World No.1, Nelly Korda has revealed the extent of a dog bite which forced her to withdraw from a Ladies European Tour event back in June 2024.

Korda was set to feature in the Ladies European Tour's Aramco Team Series at the Centurion Club in London last summer but pulled out days before the tournament was due to begin after revealing she had been attacked by a dog outside a coffee shop in Seattle.

Posting on social media at the time, the Florida-born pro said she needed "time to receive treatment and recover fully" but did not share any more details other than stating the bite was on her thigh.

Days later Alison Lee explained more about Korda's dog-bite incident and shared a little about her own experience having been bitten by her boyfriend's rescue dog in January 2024.

At the time, Lee said: "My dog bite got seriously infected, so I was actually hospitalised for three days. But yeah, it's an unfortunate circumstance and definitely scary.

Nelly Korda at the US Women's Open

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She got bitten by a dog that she didn't know, it was just at a random coffee shop. I am hoping for a speedy recovery for her.”

The ordeal occurred at the end of what was a rough week or so for Korda - the day before, she was left in tears due to shooting 81 in the second round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and missing the cut.

Having returned to the course, won several more times and begun to put the incident behind her, Korda finally revealed the extent of her injury around the anniversary of the bite.

On Korda's Instagram story on Thursday, she posted a horrible-looking bite and bruise along her inner thigh with an overlaying caption which read: "Throwing it back to a year ago when I got bit by a dog at a coffee shop."

A screenshot of Nelly Korda's Instagram story where she showed off her dog bite

(Image credit: Nelly Korda Instagram)

Thankfully, Korda seems to be showing no ill-effects after the traumatic incident and is fully focused on her golf again.

She is on a streak of six top-20 finishes in a row and is expected to next be in action at the Amundi Evian Championship in France between July 10-13.

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Jonny Leighfield
Jonny Leighfield
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Jonny Leighfield is our Staff News Writer who joined Golf Monthly just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Sport Journalism in 2017 and spent almost five years as the sole sports reporter at his local newspaper. During his time with Golf Monthly, Jonny has interviewed several stars of the game, including Robert MacIntyre, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, and Joaquin Niemann. An improving golfer himself, Jonny enjoys learning as much about the game as he can and recently reached his Handicap goal of 18 for the first time. He attended both the 150th and 151st Open Championships and dreams of attending The Masters one day.

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