Nelly Korda’s Love & Sex Life: The Truth Behind the Viral “Boyfriend” Photo That Broke the Internet

If you’ve been anywhere near golf Twitter or Instagram in the last 48 hours, you’ve seen this photo: Nelly Korda, all smiles in a navy cap with the England Rugby rose, crouching on London townhouse steps next to a very chill golden Labrador, petting the dog while holding her phone. The internet immediately lost its mind, declaring the (very handsome) man whose arm is reaching in from the left side of the frame as her secret boyfriend.

So… is Nelly Korda officially off the market?

Here’s what we actually know (and what we don’t):

• The photo was posted on a popular golf meme account and quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of likes with captions like “Nelly hard-launching her British boyfriend” and “Sorry boys, she’s taken.”
• The man in question is only partially visible (just a tanned forearm in a beige jacket), but eagle-eyed fans zoomed in on the watch, the dog’s harness, and the London doorstep and are convinced he’s her man.
• Nelly herself has never confirmed or denied the speculation.

The facts about Nelly Korda’s dating history:

• She has been notoriously private about her romantic life. Her long-rumored on-again-off-again relationship with Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem’s former coach Günter Bresnik’s son Andreas Zhusha (a Canadian investor based in Florida) fizzled out around 2023.
• Since then, she’s been single in every interview she’s given (including a Golf Digest feature in early 2024, she laughed off dating questions with “I’m married to my golf clubs right now.”)

So is the mystery arm the new boyfriend? Probably not the dog is the real star anyway. The dog is actually a well-known London Labrador named Bertie who belongs to a friend of a friend. Nelly was in the UK for the dog is the dog is the dog.

Bottom line: Nelly Korda remains very much single, very much focused on chasing her second major in 2026, and very much amused by the internet doing what the internet does best: turning an innocent dog-petting moment into a full-blown relationship reveal that never was.

But let’s be honest: if Nelly Korda stays winning tournaments and petting cute dogs with or without a boyfriend, we all lose our minds either way.

So no, there’s no secret British boyfriend (yet), just Bertie the real MVP. Sorry fellas, she’s still the dog > dating. 🐾🏌️‍♀️💔 (kinda)

(And if anyone finds the dog’s owner… no, dog’s, dog’s.