Lydia Ko
Vorlage:Infobox golfer Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997 in South Korea) is a Korean New Zealand amateur golfer. She is currently the top-ranked woman amateur golfer in the world[1], and is the youngest person ever to win an LPGA tour event[2] as well as the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event. She set both records in 2012.
2012 Women's NSW Open
On 29 January 2012, Ko became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event by winning the Bing Lee/Samsung Women's NSW Open on the ALPG Tour.[3] She was 14 at the time, and had placed second in the event the year before. The previous youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event was Japan's Ryo Ishikawa at age 15 years and 8 months.[4][5]
2012 CN Canadian Women's Open
On 26 August 2012, Ko became the youngest ever winner of an LPGA Tour event when she won the CN Canadian Women's Open by a three-stroke margin. Ko was 15 at the time. The previous record for youngest winner on the LPGA Tour was set by 16-year-old Lexi Thompson in September 2011.[6]
Amateur wins
- 2011 Australian Women's Amateur Strokeplay Championship,[7] New Zealand Women's Amateur Strokeplay Championship,[8] New Zealand Women's Amateur Matchplay Championship[9]
- 2012 Australian Women's Amateur Golf Championship,[10] U.S. Women's Amateur[11]
Professional wins (2)
LPGA Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To Par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Aug 2012 | Vorlage:Flagicon CN Canadian Women's Open (as an amateur) |
68-68-72-67=275 | –13 | 3 strokes | Vorlage:Flagicon Inbee Park |
ALPG Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jan 2012 | Bing Lee Samsung Women's NSW Open (as an amateur) |
69-64-69=202 | –14 | 4 strokes | Vorlage:Flagicon Becky Morgan |
References
External links
- Vorlage:Official website
- Lydia Ko at www.SeoulSisters.com
- Lydia Ko at www.HarbourGolf.co.nz
- ↑ Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings at randa.org
- ↑ Ko becomes youngest winner NZ Herald online, 27 August 2012
- ↑ Lydia Ko, 14, wins tour event in Australia ESPN, 29 January 2012
- ↑ Ko plays her way into golfing history Stuff.co.nz, 29 January 2012
- ↑ Lydia Ko becomes golf's youngest tour winner, aged 14 BBC Sport, 29 January 2012
- ↑ Vancouver Sun, Lydia Ko, 15, wins Canadian Women's Open, becomes youngest ever LPGA winner 26 August 2012.
- ↑ Golf: Ko becomes youngest Australian strokeplay winner NZ Herald, 19 March 2011
- ↑ Ko easily wins New Zealand Strokeplay iseekgolf.com, 23 April 2011
- ↑ Golf: Ko wins 33-hole battle with Cho NZ Herald, 27 April 2011
- ↑ Lydia Ko wins Australian amateur championship Stuff.co.nz, 23 January 2012
- ↑ Lydia Ko first NZ woman to win US Amateur Stuff.co.nz, 13 August 2012