From the fairways to the pages of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
LPGA Tour star Nelly Korda will make her highly anticipated debut in the 2025 edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, the iconic publication announced this week, with the world’s top-ranked female golfer posing in sultry swimwear in newly released photos from the Boca Raton, Fla., shoot.
Korda, 26, who hails from the Sunshine State, modeled a white bikini from Vitamin A in one shot and sported a cutout black one-piece by LaQuan Smith in another.
When the 14-time LPGA Tour winner and Olympic gold medalist makes her first appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit next spring, she’ll be in good company as fellow Olympians Suni Lee, Gabby Thomas and Eileen Gu are also joining the ranks.
“We are thrilled to launch our shoot season for the 2025 issue with an extraordinary lineup of powerful female athletes,” Sports Illustrated Swimsuit editor-in-chief MJ Day said in a statement Thursday.
“This remarkable group, featuring Olympic medalists, world champions, and record-holders, embodies the next generation of all-stars poised to transform the world of sports. They defy stereotypes and champion equality, inspiring young girls to envision themselves as both athletes and leaders. At SI Swimsuit, we’ve always celebrated the future of women, and there’s no better way to honor these remarkable achievements than by featuring them on the pages of our issue.”
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit revelation comes on the heels of an exciting few months for Lee, 21, and Thomas, 27, who competed at the 2024 Olympics in Paris this past summer.
Lee, a six-time Olympic medalist gymnast, won gold in the team all-around event and secured bronze in the individual all-around and the uneven bars final.
Two-time Olympian Thomas sprinted to three gold medals in Paris in the 200m, 4x100m and 4x400m.
Rounding out the Olympians is freestyle skier Gu, who, at the age of 18 became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the discipline. The now-21-year-old won gold in the big air and halfpipe events at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The 2025 edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit drops in May.
