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Nelly Korda feels the pain. If I could, I would totally change the rule of not having relief from a divot.

Yet… there is joy in working the ball out of the ground, Repeat he said.

“It came up in conversation a couple of times with my friends,” he said. “There is an art to hitting a divot from a fairway.”

He is interested in Kevin Jonas.

“What is it?” he asked.

“You put more into your stance to get a little more into the club because in a way it’s like a bunker shot,” Korda said. “So you try to hit the ball earlier and you’re just a lot steeper.

“So there is an art.”

Yes, it was Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, the pop-singing trio. And yes, it was Korda, the world No. 1. He is a fan of Kevin, Nick and Joe. I’m a fan of hers. And they invited Korda on their podcast, “Hey Jonas,” and the episode was released this week. (You can watch here.)

And yes, they talked about how to hit out of a divot.

“Or you can just do what Kevin does,” Nick Jonas said, “and just move it.”

In the 26-minute show, there were eight other notable golf insights from Korda. I’m down there.

How does Korda handle big stage nerves?

Joe Jonas wondered about it.

“My routine,” Korda said. “Some people call it superstition, but a routine, it’s always something that recurs. It’s the same again and again and again, but when you’re a little nervous – and they’re nervousness of excitement. It’s not nervousness where it’s a bad nervousness, but I’m excited to go again, being on that first tee if it’s for a major.

“And for me, it’s my routine. I’m back on it.”

What does it look like?

“I take my practice swing,” Korda said, “I lock in my target, I talk to my caddy, and then I go.”

When will Korda “reevaluate” playing pro golf?

This came after Joe Jonas asked if Korda enjoyed practicing.

“I just like to play,” Korda began. “I’m a loner out there. I just like it when I’m out on the golf course, I’m going to give 100 percent. And I’m still practicing, but I’m having fun. Like I’d like to jump off the tee. Like I’m here like with my coach obviously, but I’m like, I hit a good shot and I’m like, “Oh, that’s so good. Like I’m always like a girl when I’m golfing.

“And I tell myself all the time when I’m not like that, so I think it’s time to reevaluate what I’m doing. But now, I feel the nervousness on the first tee – I want to feel that way. And I’m also excited when I go out to practice. I’m completely burned out when I’m like, ‘Okay, but I need to go to practice.’

“I never swung my clubs” – except that one time

What is the most embarrassing thing Korda has done on the course? He had a history that included his caddy, Father Jason.

“I never slam my clubs,” he began. “And the first year that Jason started hitting for me, I grabbed the butt end of the club – so I grabbed it by the head of the club – and I slammed it into the ground right in front of him and it bounced back and hit me in the mouth and I had a bloody lip. I think I caught my teeth.

“And he was like, ‘I think if I laughed, I’d be fired here.’

How does Korda “decompress” when he doesn’t play well?

Joe Jonas asked for this.

“Leave the clubs for a while if I have time,” Korda said. “If I only have a week, it’s like going back to grind mode.”

McDede and his team also help, he said.

“He’s always in my corner,” Korda said of McDede. “I think that the best part of my career that I like a lot is my team. Yes, they win and I hit the shots, but there is so much that happens behind the scenes and as I would not be where I am without them.”

How does Korda decompress after a win?

Kevin Jonas asked this. After a show, he said the group needed hours to decompress. Korda said he needs a burger.

“The meal after the win is always Five Guys burgers,” he said.

What’s going on?

“I like mustard, ketchup, mushrooms and that’s it,” he said.

Does Korda have a must-have golf drink?‘

Something with electrolytes. No beauty.

“I’ve never had an alcoholic drink on a golf course,” he said.

Neither had one the night before once.

“It’s like a pilot wouldn’t drink the night before,” said Nick Jonas.

How does it fit young golfers?

Nick Jonas asked for this. He said his 5-year-old daughter, Malti, is starting to play golf.

“It’s always about the fundamentals,” Korda said. “Also back to the basics. So knowing how to grip, knowing your weight distribution, the little things.

“But even at that age, you want to have fun. You want to play a lot of games. And I had a great coach where we were hitting flop shots on the trees. She would do like five minutes of technique work and then the rest was just to play and to really fall in love with the game and feed my competitiveness.”

What should an “up-and-coming” golfer focus on the most?

Kevin Jonas’ daughter Alina asked for this.

Short game, Korda said.

“A lot of short game,” he said.

Korda then talked about a drill that she “loved” when she was younger.

“It’s called the six-ball drill,” Korda said. “It’s hard. So you choose an easy, medium and hard. And you have to do six up-and-downs in a row. And if you don’t do it, then you can’t go to the next one, or you can’t leave.”

Sometimes, Korda said, the drill took a couple of hours to finish.

“Why didn’t I do six ups and downs in a row,” he said. “So a bunker shot, you have to really make the putt, too. It’s challenging. But on that sixth putt, you feel pressure.

“And that’s what you feel off the golf course.”

Editor’s Note: To view the entire Hey Jonas with Korda podcast, click here here.

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