Pakistan, June 19 -- World No. 1 Nelly Korda attended a press conference Tuesday at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship with therapeutic tape on her neck.

Korda explained that she suffered a spasm the day before during practice at PGA Frisco, the site of this week's major championship. "I hit a shot out of the rough yesterday (Monday), and my neck went into a full spasm," Korda said. "It's getting better, but yeah, it was not very good yesterday."

But Korda - the betting favorite to win this week despite a winless start to her season - said she expects to be ready for her first-round tee time Thursday. The injury nonetheless comes at a tough time for Korda, whose last win on the LPGA Tour came in November. She tied for second at the US Wo...