Lydia Ko
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Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a Korean-born New Zealand professional golfer who became the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer on 2 February 2015 at 17 years, 9 months and 9 days of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf.
Upon winning The Evian Championship in France on 13 September 2015, she became the youngest woman, at age 18 years, 4 months and 20 days, to win a major championship.
Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.
On 3 April 2016, she won the ANA Inspiration, for her second consecutive major championship, where she also became the youngest player to win two women's major championships.
Since turning professional in 2014, Ko has career winnings of $10,031,335 as of 21 September 2019.
Additionally, she is the first LPGA Tour player to win at least $2,000,000 in each of her first three full seasons on Tour. She had been the top-ranked woman amateur golfer in the world for 130 weeks when she announced she was turning professional on 23 October 2013.
Early life and education
Ko was born on 24 April 1997 in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated with her family to New Zealand when she was four, gaining New Zealand citizenship at age 12. She began playing golf as a five-year-old when her mother took her into a pro shop at the Pupuke Golf Club on Auckland's North Shore owned by professional Guy Wilson, who coached her until 22 December 2013. She was a seven-year-old in March 2005 when she first came to the attention of the media, for competing in the New Zealand national amateur championships. She was educated at Mairangi Bay Primary and Pinehurst School in Albany, New Zealand, and when she joined the professional golf tour she took correspondence classes with Pinehurst. Starting in 2015 Ko said she would study psychology extramurally with Korea University, Seoul. The Yonhap news agency reported her as saying "I'll have to listen to what the university says to decide how I will do my studies. I'll have to make sure I submit the required papers and projects as the majority of my classes will be done online."
Professional career
After finishing runners-up to Suzann Pettersen in The Evian Championship in France, Kobe announced that she would go pro in 2014. However, she revealed in a YouTube video starring New Zealand rugby player Israel Dagg that she had turned professional right away and would play her first professional tournament in Florida in mid-November. When she declared she would turn pro on October 23, she had been the top-ranked female amateur golfer in the world for 130 weeks. In her pro debut at the 2013 CME Group Titleholders, she finished tied for 21st.
In October 2013, Ko's LPGA Tour accepted Ko's invitation to join the LPGA, ignoring the Tour's requirement of members being at least 18 years old. When Ko's request was granted, tour commissioner Mike Whan said, "It is not often that the LPGA accepts a rookie who is also a back-to-back LPGA Tour champion."
Kobe began working with swing coach David Leadbetter in November 2013.
In 2014, Kobe appeared in three tournaments for the first time. By winning the Swing Skirts LPGA Classic on April 27, she won her first LPGA Tour victory as a pro and her first victory on US soil. During this tournament, she celebrated her 17th birthday. The Marathon Classic was her second tournament of the year in July. She won her third tournament of the season in November 2014, the season's first tournament of the season, defeating the CME Group Tour Championship. She was named LPGA Rookie of the Year by an LPGA rookie. On her right wrist, Ko commemorated the occasion by inscribing "IV-XVI-XIV" (4-27-14 in Roman numerals).
In 2015, Kobe has won five times. She debuted on February 2nd, 2015, becoming the No. 1 in the United States. After a runner-up finish at the Coates Golf Championship, overtaking Inbee Park, No. 1 ranked a woman professional golfer. Kowl won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on February 22, 2015, her first event of the 2015 LPGA Tour season. The victory was her sixth on the LPGA Tour and her ninth overall. Ko returned home and claimed her tenth professional championship at the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open the following week. The victory in this tournament was her second of the 2015 season, and her third on the Ladies European Tour, and fourth with ALPG Tour. During the second round, she was rewarded for her LET low-round tying and course record 61, which was emphasized in her victory at New Zealand.
The ANA Inspiration, Ko poured a 1-under-par 71 in the first round of the 2015 season on April 2nd, tying her with Annika Sörenstam for the all-time LPGA record for consecutive rounds under parity at 29. As Koeb wins the Swing Skirts LPGA Classic, she will win her second LPGA Tour event of the 2015 season. On the second playoff hole, she would defeat Pressel by birdie. The win was her seventh on tour and her second in as many years. Her victory was also her third victory in the United States in 2015. It will be her second appearance on tour. The playoff victory was also her second on tour, bringing her playoff record to 2–0. Kobe will miss out on the cut at the 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship. This will be her first appearance in her 14 major championship appearances. With a T12 finish at the 2015 U.S. Women's Open and a T3 finish at the 2015 Ricoh Women's British Open, she will have a lot of success in her next two major championships.
In a playoff against Stacy Lewis, Ko won her third Canadian Pacific Women's Open on August 23, 2015. On the first hole of the playoffs, she defeated Lewis, who shot par on the parlor. The win was Ko's eighth on the LPGA Tour and her third of the 2015 season, and her fourth overall win for her in 2015. The playoff win was also her third in such circumstances, and she would win her third LPGA playoff record to 3–0.
Kowl won the 2015 Evian Championship on September 13, 2015, the fifth major on the 2015 LPGA calendar. She won by six shots over second-place finisher Lexi Thompson, dominating the final round with eight birds. Her 63 was the lowest-ever closing round score in a women's major championship. It was Ko's fourth victory on the LPGA Tour in 2015, ninth on the LPGA Tour overall and fourth on the Ladies European Tour. With his victory, Kobe became the youngest major champion in golf since Young Tom Morris, who won the 1868 Open Championship.
On October 26, 2015, Kobe became the youngest player to win ten events on a major tour, beating Horton Smith, who set the PGA Tour record of 21 years, 7 months in 1929, and Nancy Lopez who set the previous LPGA Tour record of 1980 at 22 years, 2 months, 5 days.
Ko won the LPGA Player of the Year Award by two points over Inbee Park on November 22, making her the youngest winner in the LPGA's 49 years.
In 2016, Kobe won four times. Ko's 2016 started where she left off from 2015 by winning the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open for the third time in four years by two shots from Choi Hye-jin, Felicity Johnson, and Nanna Koerstz Madsen. Just 11 minutes before she was supposed to tee off for her final round, an earthquake struck, prompting Kob to give the grant money to charity to assist those affected.
Ko won the Kia Classic in March with a four-shot advantage over Inbee Park, and the next week, she made it to three major titles with a one-shot victory at the ANA Inspiration. With the victory, she boosted her status as the No. 1 in the world. She became the first double major champion in the game's history since Young Tom Morris at the 1869 Open Championship. Later, she won two more times on the LPGA Tour at the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship and Marathon Classic. She represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics in August, where she received the silver medal. Ko was runner-up for the Vare Trophy (lowest scoring average) for the second year in a row; but, last year's difference of 0.026 was twice as much as her opponent Chun In-gee's 0.013, which separated her from champion Chun In-gee.
Following the 2016 season, Ko announced that she had signed a equipment sponsorship deal with Parson's Xtreme Golf (PXG), effectively ending her use of Callaway equipment. Kobe has also revealed in December that she had parted with both her caddie and swing coach David Leadbetter, who had been teaching Kobe since November 2013.
Kobo competed in 26 events, did not win a tournament, appeared in the top ten times, and her year-end world ranking dropped to ninth. She began her 2017 LPGA Tour with a finish in the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, where she ranked for 46th. She went on to finish third at three separate top-ten finishes at the Honda LPGA Thailand, HSBC Women's Champions, and the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. Kodobbe missed just her second LPGA Tour cut at the Kia Classic with rounds of 74 and 72 in her fifth event of the season. At the 2017 ANA Inspiration event, she defended her ANA Inspiration title. She opened with two rounds of 70, followed by a third-round 71, and finally pulled out the year's first major with a third round of 70 to finish in a tie for 11th place. She started with rounds of 65 and 64 to finish tied for second place in the Lotte Championship, her best finish of the season. She had a back-to-back top-ten finishes at the Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play and Kingsmill Championship, where she came in T-9 and T-10 respectively.
Kobe finished the 2017 season with a scoring average of 68.86, which ranked her No. 1 in the top 100. 9 has earned her $1,177,450 for the year, putting her at No. 9 and No. 79,450. On the season's money list, there are 13 on the list. She won at least $1,000,000 for the fourth straight season in a row, bringing her total earnings to $8,560,344, which places her No. 1 in the world. On the career money ladder, it ranks 22nd.
The CME Group Tour Championship was Ko's 100th tournament on the LPGA Tour as a professional. All in all, she has appeared in 116 tournaments on the LPGA Tour, including 100 as a pro and 16 as an amateur. She won 14 titles, 12 runner-up finishes, and another ten third-place finish in just over half of the competitions she has participated in. She has also achieved 64 top-ten finishes and amassed career earnings of $8,560,344, ranked No. 1. On the LPGA Tour's career money chart, there are 22 places.
Kobe broke into the Rolex Rankings top ten at No. 14 after just 14 LPGA tournaments (22 world tournaments). 7 has earned her second Tour victory on August 25, 2013. As of January 22, 2018, she has remained in the Rolex Top 10 for the first 231 weeks (or 4 years, 4 months, and 27 days). Ko ascended to the world No. 67 after her first 44 LPGA tournaments. On February 2, 2015, the number one appeared in the first time. She was the world No. 1. There have been 85 weeks since June 2017.
At the LPGA Mediheal Championship, Koolena won once and finished in the top ten times, but not win a major championship tournament.
Kobe attended 24 games, did not win a tournament, and placed in the top ten times.
Koffie has won no tournaments, and has been in the top ten four times.
Kobe has competed in 20 LPGA tournaments, winning once. She has won no major championships.
At the 2021 Lotte Championship, Hawaii, Ko won her first LPGA Tour event since 2018.
Kofi Wong was a bronze medalist in New Zealand's 2021 Summer Olympics in August.
Ko won the 2021 Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. She rounded out the trophy in November by finishing second in a playoff at the Pelican Women's Championship and shooting a final round 64 to finish in the top ten at the CME Group Tour Championship. Nelly Korda and Ko Jin-young both had lower scoring averages throughout the year, but neither had completed the required 70 rounds over the season to qualify for the award.
On January 30, Kobb won the Gainbridge LPGA in Boca Rio, defeating Danielle Kang by a single stroke (274 under par) to Kang's 275 in a back-and-forth lead in the fourth round. On October 23, Koo won her 18th LPGA victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in Wonju, which is about 140 kilometers (87 mi) east of her Seoul, South Korea birthplace.
LPGA Tour career summary
^ Official as of 23 October 2022
a Includes matchplay and other events without a cut, but Kobe was not a member of the LPGA Tour. By the LPGA Tour, money earned in 2013 was not considered official. 2) In her first 53 LPGA Tour events, she made the cut, with the first 16 being an amateur. Ko made the next 40 consecutive tour stops until she missed her second LPGA cut at the 2017 Kia Classic, held 23–26 March, after missing the cut at the 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, 11–14 June.