After five wins in six tournaments this year, Nelly Korda is the biggest draw in women’s golf.

Taylor Swift is the biggest star in contemporary music. So what links the pair?

World number one Korda was among the LPGA Tour stars who went to see Swift on her Eras tour in March with the dates coinciding with the Women’s World Championship in Singapore.

That prompted LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan to welcome the singer to LPGA tournaments, saying, “Taylor, come join us. Our doors are wide open for you.” She is yet to take up the invitation but having helped the Super Bowl attract record viewings this year – her partner Travis Kelce played for the victorious Kansas City Chiefs – her support would surely give an additional boost to the sport.

Swift regularly twirls a golf club on stage to accompany her 2014 hit Blank Space.

In May, just over a week after her record-equalling fifth consecutive LPGA Tour win at the Chevron Championship, Korda became the second professional golfer – Tiger Woods was the first – to attend the Met Gala.

A guest of LA 2028 Organising Committee President Casey Wasserman, the 26-year-old dazzled in an Oscar de la Renta dress. At 1.78m, she was shocked at how tall she was compared to most of the stars in attendance and was thrilled at rubbing shoulders with the likes of singer Ed Sheeran.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist quipped, “It was my first time walking the red carpet, and I think it’s just going to be downhill from here.”

Swift was a notable absentee from this year’s Met Gala due to her preparing to start the European leg of her Eras tour just days later.