Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko | |
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![]() Ko at the 2013 Women's British Open
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Personal information | |
Full name | Bo-Gyung "Lydia" Ko |
Nickname | Lyds[1] |
Born | Seoul, South Korea |
24 April 1997
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Residence | North Harbour, New Zealand |
Career | |
College | Korea University |
Turned professional | 2013 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Professional wins | 17 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 12 |
Ladies European Tour | 5 |
LPGA of Korea Tour | 1 |
ALPG Tour | 5 |
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) |
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ANA Inspiration | Won: 2016 |
Women's PGA C'ship | 3rd: 2014 |
U.S. Women's Open | T12: 2015 |
Women's British Open | T3: 2015 |
Evian Championship | Won: 2015 |
Achievements and awards | |
Mark H. McCormack Medal | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
Halberg Supreme Award | 2013 |
New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year |
2013, 2014, 2015 |
LPGA Rookie of the Year | 2014 |
LPGA Player of the Year | 2015 |
LPGA Tour Money Winner |
2015 |
Best Female Golfer ESPY Award |
2015 |
Lydia Ko | |
Hangul | 고보경 |
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Hanja | 高寶璟 |
Revised Romanization | Go Bogyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ko Po-kyŏng |
Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand female professional golfer who became the No. 1 ranked woman professional golfer on 2 February 2015 at 17 years 9 months 8 days of age, making her the youngest player of either sex to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf.[2][3] On winning The Evian Championship in France on the 13 September 2015, she became the youngest woman, at age Error: Need valid year, month, day, to win a major championship. Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.[4] On 3 April 2016, she won the ANA Inspiration, where she also became the youngest player to win two women's major championships.
She had been the top-ranked woman amateur golfer in the world for 130 weeks[5] when she announced she was turning professional on 23 October 2013. She became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event[6] and youngest person ever to win an LPGA Tour event.[7] In August 2013, she became the only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events.[8] As an amateur she never missed a cut in 25 professional tournaments,[9] and by September 2013 had risen to fifth in the Women's World Golf Rankings in only 23 professional tournaments.[9] Ko played her first LPGA Tour event on 9 February 2012 (14 years, 9 months, 16 days) and made the cut in her first 53 LPGA Tour events through 4 June 2015 (18 years, 1 month, 11 days).
On 23 April 2014, one day before her 17th birthday, Ko was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.[10] The same month she advanced to No. 2 woman professional golfer in the world when she won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.[11]
On 22 November 2015, Ko won the LPGA Rolex Player of the Year Award by two points over Inbee Park, making her the youngest winner in the 49 years of the award.[12]
In both 2014[13] and 2015,[14] Ko has been named in the EspnW Impact25 list of twenty-five athletes and influencers who have made the greatest impact for women in sports.
In 2016, Ko was named Young New Zealander of the Year in the annual New Zealander of the Year Awards.[15]
Contents
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Early golf career
- 3 2012 Women's NSW Open
- 4 2012 and 2013 CN Canadian Women's Open
- 5 Professional career
- 6 Amateur wins (6)
- 7 Professional wins (17)
- 8 Major championships
- 9 LPGA Tour career summary
- 10 World ranking
- 11 Golf records
- 12 See also
- 13 References
- 14 External links
Early life and education
Born in Seoul, South Korea, she emigrated with her family to New Zealand as an infant and gained citizenship at age 12.[16] Ko was educated at Pinehurst School in Albany, New Zealand, and when she joined the tour she took correspondence classes with Pinehurst.[17][18] 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."[19]
Early golf career
Ko began playing golf as a five-year-old when her mother took her into a pro shop at the Pupuke Golf Club[20] on Auckland's North Shore owned by professional Guy Wilson who coached her until 22 December 2013.[20][21] Ko 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.[22]
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.[6] 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.[23][24] Her record as the youngest winner of a professional event was broken later in 2012 by 14-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson, who won the second event on that year's Canadian Women's Tour on 13 June.[25][26]
2012 and 2013 CN Canadian Women's Open
On 26 August 2012, at the age of 15 years and four months, Ko became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA Tour event, winning with a score of 275 (−13) at the CN Canadian Women's Open. She surpassed the record set by Lexi Thompson at 16 years and seven months in September 2011. Her win also made her only the fifth amateur to have won an LPGA Tour event, and the first in over 43 years.[27] The 2012 CN Canadian Women's Open was a 72-hole event with a purse of $2 million; the winner's share of $300,000 went to runner-up Inbee Park who was three strokes back.[28]
Ko successfully defended her win at the 2013 CN Canadian Open, shooting 265 (−15) for a five-stroke victory over Karine Icher at the Royal Mayfair Club in Edmonton. The $300,000 winner's share went to Icher.
Professional career
After finishing runner-up to Suzann Pettersen in The Evian Championship in France, Ko announced that she would turn pro in 2014.[9] However, on 23 October 2013, Ko stated in a YouTube video featuring New Zealand rugby player Israel Dagg that she was turning professional immediately and would play her first professional tournament in Florida in mid-November.[29] She finished tied for 21st in her pro debut at the 2013 CME Group Titleholders.
In October 2013, the LPGA Tour granted Ko's request to join the LPGA, waiving the Tour's requirement of members being at least 18 years old. "It is not often that the LPGA welcomes a rookie who is already a back-to-back LPGA Tour champion," tour commissioner Mike Whan said when he granted Ko's request.[30]
On 27 April 2014, Ko earned her first LPGA Tour win as a professional and her first win on U.S. soil, by winning the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. She celebrated her 17th birthday during this tournament. In July, she won her second tournament of the year, the Marathon Classic. In November 2014, Ko won her third tournament of the season, the season ending CME Group Tour Championship. She won the LPGA Rookie of the Year.[31] Ko commemorated the occasion with the inscription "IV-XXVII-XIV," (4-27-14 in Roman numerals), on her right wrist.[32]
On 2 February 2015, Ko became the No. 1 ranked woman professional golfer after a runner-up finish at the Coates Golf Championship, overtaking Inbee Park. On 22 February 2015, Ko won her first event of the 2015 LPGA Tour season at the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open. The win was her sixth on the LPGA Tour, and her ninth victory overall. The following week, Ko returned home and won her tenth professional championship at the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open.[33] The victory in this tournament was her second of the 2015 season, the win was also her third on the Ladies European Tour, and fourth with ALPG Tour. Highlighted in her victory at New Zealand was her LET low-round tying and course record 61 during the second round.
At the first major of the 2015 season, the ANA Inspiration, she shot a 1-under-par 71 in the first round on 2 April, tying her with Annika Sörenstam for the all-time LPGA record for consecutive rounds under par, at 29.[34] Three weeks later, Ko would win her second LPGA Tour event of the 2015 season, when she beat Morgan Pressel in a playoff to win the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. She would defeat Pressel with birdie on the second playoff hole. The victory was her seventh overall on tour, and her second win at the event in as many years. Her win was also her third win worldwide in 2015. The victory would be the second time she has defended a championship on tour. The playoff win was also her second on tour, bringing her playoff record to 2-0.[35] Ko would go on to miss the cut at the 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship. The missed cut would be her first in her fourteen major championship appearances. She would find solid success in her next two major championships with a T12 finish at the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, and a T3 finish at the 2015 Ricoh Women's British Open.
On 23 August 2015, Ko won her third Canadian Pacific Women's Open in a playoff against Stacy Lewis. Ko defeated Lewis, with par on the first hole of the playoff. The victory was the eighth for Ko on the LPGA Tour, and the third of the 2015 season, and fourth win worldwide for Ko in 2015. The playoff victory was also her third win in such circumstances, and would bring her career LPGA playoff record to 3–0.[36]
On 13 September 2015, Ko won the fifth and final major on the 2015 LPGA calendar, the 2015 Evian Championship.[37] She dominated the final round with eight birdies, winning by six shots over second-place finisher Lexi Thompson. Her 63 was the lowest-ever closing round score in a women's major championship. It was Ko's fourth win on the LPGA Tour in 2015, ninth on the LPGA Tour overall and fourth on the Ladies European Tour. Ko's victory also made her the youngest major champion in the history of the LPGA Tour and the youngest major champion in golf since Young Tom Morris, when he won the 1868 Open Championship.[38]
On 26 October 2015, became the youngest player to win 10 events on a major tour at age Error: Need valid year, month, day surpassing Horton Smith who set the PGA Tour mark of 21 years, 7 months in 1929, and Nancy Lopez who set the previous LPGA Tour record in 1979 at 22 years, 2 months, 5 days.[39]
2016
Ko's 2016 started where she left off from 2015, winning the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open for a third time in four years by two shots from Hye Jin Choi, Felicity Johnson, and Nanna Koerstz Madsen. Just 11 minutes before she was due to tee off for her final round, an earthquake struck, with Ko vowing to donate her prize money to charity to help those affected.[40]
On 3 April, Ko made it consecutive major titles with a one-shot victory at the ANA Inspiration. The win strengthened her position as No. 1 in the world as she became the youngest double major winner in the history of the game since Young Tom Morris in 1869.[41]
Amateur wins (6)
- 2011 Australian Women's Amateur Strokeplay Championship,[42] New Zealand Women's Amateur Strokeplay Championship,[43] New Zealand Women's Amateur Matchplay Championship[44]
- 2012 Australian Women's Amateur,[45] U.S. Women's Amateur,[46] World Women's Amateur Golf Championship (top individual) [47]
Professional wins (17)
LPGA Tour wins (12)
Legend |
Major championships (2) |
Other LPGA Tour (10) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 26 Aug 2012 | CN Canadian Women's Open[1] | 68-68-72-67=275 | −13 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 25 Aug 2013 | CN Canadian Women's Open[1] (2) | 65-69-67-64=265 | −15 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 27 Apr 2014 | Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic | 68-71-68-69=276 | −12 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
4 | 20 Jul 2014 | Marathon Classic | 67-67-70-65=269 | −15 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
5 | 23 Nov 2014 | CME Group Tour Championship | 71-71-68-68=278 | −10 | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
6 | 22 Feb 2015 | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[2][3] | 70-70-72-71=283 | −9 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
7 | 26 Apr 2015 | Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic (2) | 67-72-71-70=280 | −8 | Playoff | ![]() |
8 | 23 Aug 2015 | Canadian Pacific Women's Open (3) | 67-68-69-72=276 | −12 | Playoff | ![]() |
9 | 13 Sep 2015 | The Evian Championship[2] | 69-69-67-63=268 | −16 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
10 | 25 Oct 2015 | Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship | 69-67-67-65=268 | −20 | 9 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
11 | 27 Mar 2016 | Kia Classic | 68-67-67-67=269 | −19 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
12 | 3 Apr 2016 | ANA Inspiration | 70-68-69-69=276 | −12 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
1 Ko won the 2012 and 2013 CN Canadian Women's Opens as an amateur.
2 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.
3 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour.
LPGA Tour playoff record (3–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2014 | CME Group Tour Championship | ![]() ![]() |
Won with par on fourth extra hole Granada eliminated with par on second hole |
2 | 2015 | Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
3 | 2015 | Canadian Pacific Women's Open | ![]() |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Ladies European Tour wins (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 10 Feb 2013 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open[4][6] | 70-68-68=206 | −10 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | 22 Feb 2015 | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[5][6] | 70-70-72-71=283 | −9 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 1 Mar 2015 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open[6] (2) | 70-61-71=202 | −14 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
4 | 13 Sep 2015 | The Evian Championship[5] | 69-69-67-63=268 | −16 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 14 Feb 2016 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open[6] (3) | 69-67-70=206 | −10 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 Ko won the 2013 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open as an amateur.
5 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.
6 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour.
ALPG Tour wins (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 29 Jan 2012 | Bing Lee Samsung Women's NSW Open[7] | 69-64-69=202 | −14 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 10 Feb 2013 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open[7][9] | 70-68-68=206 | −10 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | 22 Feb 2015 | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[8][9] | 70-70-72-71=283 | −9 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
4 | 1 Mar 2015 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open[9] (2) | 70-61-71=202 | −14 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 14 Feb 2016 | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open[9] (3) | 69-67-70=206 | −10 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7 Ko won the Bing Lee Samsung Women's NSW Open and the 2013 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open as an amateur.
8 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.
9 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.
KLPGA Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 8 Dec 2013 | Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters | 68-68-69=205 | −11 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
Major championships
Wins (2)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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2015 | The Evian Championship | 2 shot deficit | −16 (69-69-67-63=268) | 6 strokes | ![]() |
2016 | ANA Inspiration | 1 shot deficit | −12 (70-68-69-69=276) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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ANA Inspiration | DNP | T25LA | T29 | T51 | 1 |
Women's PGA Championship | DNP | T17LA | 3 | CUT | |
U.S. Women's Open | T39LA | T36 | T15 | T12 | |
Women's British Open | T17LA | T42TLA | T29 | T3 | |
The Evian Championship ^ | 2LA | T8 | 1 |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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ANA Inspiration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
The Evian Championship | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Totals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 17 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2012 U.S. Open – 2015 ANA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2015 British – 2016 ANA, current)
LPGA Tour career summary
Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made* |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
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2012 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 72.94 | n/a |
2013 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 16,063 | n/a | 70.41 | n/a |
2014 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2,089,033 | 3 | 70.08 | 5 |
2015 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2,800,802 | 1 | 69.44 | 2 |
2016 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1,102,829 | 1 | 69.48 | 2 |
Totals | 76 | 75 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 5,992,664 | 37 | 69.99 |
- official through 30 May 2016[48]
* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
* Ko turned professional on 23 October 2013 but was not a member of the LPGA Tour. Money earned in 2013 was not considered official by the LPGA Tour.
World ranking
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year | World ranking |
Avg. pts. |
No. of events |
Source |
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2010 | 549 | 0.04 | 1 | [49] |
2011 | 295 | 0.37 | 4 | [50] |
2012 | 43 | 2.43 | 12 | [51] |
2013 | 4 | 7.48 | 25 | [52] |
2014 | 2 | 9.80 | 43 | [53] |
2015 | 1 | 11.78 | 53 | [54] |
- 2 February 2015, Ko first ascended to the world #1 ranking.[55]
- As of 25 April 2016, has been ranked #1 for 27 consecutive weeks and 46 total weeks.
- 4 April 2016, Ko hit her highest point average of 14.28.[56]
Golf records
- On 29 January 2012, became the youngest person to ever win a professional golf tour event (New South Wales Women's Open) at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 26 August 2012, became the youngest winner of an LPGA Tour event (Canadian Women's Open) at age Error: Need valid year, month, day
- On 10 February 2013, became the youngest winner of a Ladies European Tour event (ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open) at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 25 August 2013, became the youngest and only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events – age 15 and 16 (2012 and 2013 Canadian Women's Open)
- On 20 July 2014, became the youngest millionaire ever on the LPGA in her first full season as a pro when she won the Marathon Classic taking her accumulated prize earnings to over US$1 million at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 12 November 2014, became the youngest winner of the LPGA Rookie of the Year in LPGA history at age Error: Need valid year, month, day surpassing Laura Baugh who won her title at Error: Need valid year, month, day and held the "youngest" label for 41 years.
- On 23 November 2014, became the youngest player to win 5 events on a major tour at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 23 November 2014, became the youngest and first player to win the biggest payout in LPGA history, taking home US$1.5 million after capturing the tour’s season-ending event and winning the inaugural Race to the CME Globe at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 23 November 2014, became the youngest and fastest player to surpass US$2 million in career earnings at age Error: Need valid year, month, day The previous record holder, Yani Tseng, accomplished this feat in 32 events. Lydia reached the US$2 million mark in just 26 events – the most ever made by a rookie; over US$3 million if include bonus prize of US$1 million for winning the Race to the CME Globe 2014 (CME Globe bonus prize does not count on player's LPGA official earnings)
- On 23 November 2014, became the youngest rookie player to set an LPGA record for most money earned by a rookie at $2,089,033 at age Error: Need valid year, month, day – breaking Julieta Granada's 2006 mark of $1,633,586.
- On 2 February 2015, became the youngest player of either gender to ever be ranked No. 1 in professional golf by both the Official World Golf Ranking and the Rolex World Golf Ranking at age Error: Need valid year, month, day, eclipsing Tiger Woods who was 21 years, 5 months and 15 days when he became men's world number one in 1997 and Jiyai Shin who was 22 years and 5 days when she became women's world number one in 2010.
- On 22 February 2015, became the youngest winner of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open title at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 2 April 2015, tied Annika Sörenstam for the most consecutive rounds under-par in LPGA Tour events, at 29.
- On 3 May 2015, became the youngest and fastest player to surpass US$3 million in career earnings at age Error: Need valid year, month, day. The previous record holder, Yani Tseng, accomplished this feat in 53 events. Lydia reached the US$3 million mark in just 36 events.
- On 15 July 2015, became the youngest winner of Best Female Golfer ESPY Award at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 13 September 2015, became the youngest player in the "modern era" (post-1900) of either gender to win a major championship at The Evian Championship at age Error: Need valid year, month, day[57] surpassing Johnny McDermott who was 19 years, 9 months and 14 days when he won his PGA major in 1911 and Morgan Pressel who was 18 years, 10 months and 9 days when she won her LPGA major in 2007.
- On 13 September 2015, her closing round of 63 in the Evian was the record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.[4]
- On 13 September 2015, became the youngest and fastest player to surpass US$4 million career earnings at age Error: Need valid year, month, day after winning her first major at the Evian Championship. The previous record holder, Yani Tseng, accomplished this feat in 65 events. Lydia reached the US$4 million mark in just 45 events.
- On 26 October 2015, became the youngest player to win 10 events on a major tour at age Error: Need valid year, month, day surpassing Horton Smith who set the PGA Tour mark of 21 years, 7 months in 1929, and Nancy Lopez who set the previous LPGA Tour record in 1979 at 22 years, 2 months, 5 days.[39]
- On 22 November 2015, became the youngest winner of the LPGA Top Ten Finishes with 17 top ten finishes in 24 events (71%), at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 22 November 2015, became the youngest winner of the LPGA Official Money List at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 22 November 2015, became the youngest winner of the LPGA Player of the Year in the 49 years history of the award at age Error: Need valid year, month, day, surpassing Nancy Lopez who won her title at age 21 years, 10 months and 6 days and held the "youngest" title for 37 years.
- On 22 November 2015, became the youngest MVP/Player of the Year ever across all four major sports and the LPGA/PGA Tour: LPGA - Lydia Ko (18); PGA - Tiger Woods (21); NHL - Wayne Gretzky (19); NFL - Jim Brown (21); NBA - Derrick Rose(22); MLB - Stan Musial, Johnny Bench, Vida Blue (22)
- On 28 December 2015, became the youngest year-end #1 in Rolex Rankings history at age Error: Need valid year, month, day.
- On 21 February 2016, became the youngest and fastest player to surpass US$5 million career earnings at age Error: Need valid year, month, day after finishing second in the Women's Australian Open. The previous record holder, Yani Tseng, accomplished this feat in 76 events. Lydia reached the US$5 million mark in just 52 events.
- On 3 April 2016, became the youngest player in the "modern era" (post-1900) of either gender to win 2 major championships at the ANA Inspiration at age Error: Need valid year, month, day, surpassing Gene Sarazen who was 20 years, 5 months and 22 days when he won his second PGA major in 1922 and Se Ri Pak who was 20 years, 9 months and 8 days when she won her second LPGA major in 1998.
- On 3 April 2016, became the first New Zealander to win 2 majors. The other New Zealanders who have won a major, Sir Bob Charles and Michael Campbell, have each won one.
See also
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- Lydia Ko at HarbourGolf.co.nz
Awards | ||
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Preceded by | World No. 1 Ranked Golfer 2 February 2015 – 14 June 2015 26 October 2015 – present |
Succeeded by Inbee Park |
Incumbent | ||
Preceded by | New Zealand's Sportswoman of the Year 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Incumbent |
Preceded by | Halberg awards – Supreme Award 2013 |
Succeeded by Hamish Bond and Eric Murray |
Preceded by | Halberg awards – Emerging Talent Award 2012 |
Succeeded by Gabrielle Fa'amausili |
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