How this’s for a marquee group: World Golf Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam, current world No. 1-ranked Nelly Korda — and perhaps the most visible female athlete in the U.S. in any sport, WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever.

Despite not playing in any of the LPGA's fall Southeast Asia swing due to a neck injury, World No. 1 Nelly Korda still secured the LPGA's points-based Player of the Year award Sunday with three tournaments remaining on the schedule. It’s the first time she’s won the award, this one for her impressive, yet sometimes turbulent, six-win campaign.

Nelly Korda has won a big prize without even playing. The American clinched the points-based award as LPGA player of the year on Sunday.