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Lydia Ko

New Zealand professional golfer (born 1997)

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Lydia Ko: New Zealand professional golfer (born 1997)
Lydia Ko is a New Zealand professional golfer and the reigning Olympic champion. She first reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings 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.

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'Ko's career highlight win banishes under-achiever tag'

It was fitting that such a storied player as Lydia Ko should end her eight-year major drought at the home of golf, writes Iain Carter.
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Ko wins Women's Open to end eight-year major drought

New Zealand's Lydia Ko ends an eight-year major drought with victory at the AIG Women's Open at St Andrews.
BBC Sport - Published

Watch close finish as Ko wins Women's Open

watch close finish as ko wins women's open
Watch the closing moments as Lydia Ko wins the Women's Open at St. Andrews while Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu just miss out.
BBC Sport - Published

Ko, Korda & Shin star in Women's Open at St Andrews

ko, korda & shin star in women's open at st andrews
Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda and Jiyai Shin star in shots of the day from round three of the Women's Open at St Andrews.
BBC Sport - Published

Olympic-inspired Ko relishing Scottish Open return

olympic-inspired ko relishing scottish open return
Lydia Ko sees this week's Women's Scottish Open as ideal preparation for next week's Open at St Andrews after her Olympic gold medal.
BBC Sport - Published

New Zealand's Ko claims women's golf gold

New Zealand's Lydia Ko finishes two shots clear on 10 under as she takes Olympic gold in the women's golf at Le Golf National.
BBC Sport - Published

Tight at the top in battle for Olympic golf gold

tight at the top in battle for olympic golf gold
New Zealand's Lydia Ko and Switzerland's Morgane Metraux will head into the final day of the women's golf competition tied at nine-under par after an eventful day at Le Golf National.
BBC Sport - Published

Korda beats Ko in play-off to win Drive On title

A dramatic late comeback from Nelly Korda enables the American to beat Lydia Ko in a play-off and win the LPGA Drive On Championship in Florida.
BBC Sport - Published

Ko wins Tournament of Champions in Orlando

New Zealand's Lydia Ko hits a final round of 70 to win the Tournament of Champions by two shots.
BBC Sport - Published

Ko & Day hold on to win inaugural mixed event

New Zealand's Lydia Ko birdies the 17th hole and has a tap-in par on the last as she and Australian Jason Day win the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational.
BBC Sport - Published

Ko fights back to win second Saudi title

ko fights back to win second saudi title
World number one Lydia Ko wins the Aramco Saudi Ladies International for a second time after recovering a one-shot overnight deficit.
BBC Sport - Published

Vu holds narrow advantage over Ko in Saudi Arabia

vu holds narrow advantage over ko in saudi arabia
American Lilia Vu leads Lydia Ko by one shot going into the final round of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.
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Ashok two shots clear of top-ranked Ko in Saudi

ashok two shots clear of top-ranked ko in saudi
India's Aditi Ashok leads world number one Lydia Ko and American Lilia Vu by two shots after the second round at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.
BBC Sport - Published

World number one Ko shares first-round lead

world number one ko shares first-round lead
World number one Lydia Ko and Pajaree Anannarukarn card eight-under-par 64s to share the first-round lead at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.
BBC Sport - Published

Maguire falls short as Ko claims Tour Championship

maguire falls short as ko claims tour championship
Ireland's Leona Maguire finishes two shots behind winner Lydia Ko at the LPGA Tour Championship in Florida.
BBC Sport - Published