Lydia Ko is a Korean-born New Zealand professional golfer. A former No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer, she achieved the top ranking 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. Ko has had much success from an early age holding many youngest accolades on the LPGA Tour. She was the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event and youngest person ever to win an LPGA Tour event. In August 2013, she became the only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events. 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, but she lowered that record to 62 at the ANA Inspiration in 2021.
| Full name | Bo-Gyung "Lydia" Ko |
| Nickname | Lyds |
| Born | April 24, 1997, Seoul, South Korea |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| College | Korea University |
| Turned professional | 2013 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 21 |
| LPGA Tour | 16 |
| Ladies European Tour | 5 |
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 5 |
| ANA Inspiration | Won: 2016 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 2nd: 2016 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T3: 2016 |
| Women's British Open | T3: 2015 |
| Evian Championship | Won: 2015 |
| 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, 2016 |
| Race to the CME Globe | 2014, 2015 |
| GWAA Female, Player of the Year | 2015 |
| Rolex Annika Major Award | 2016 |
Golfer Lydia Ko was born on April 24, 1997 in Seoul, South Korea (She's 26 years old now).
At 15 years old, she became the world's youngest LPGA tour winner when she won the Women's Open at Ienbee Park, Canada. At the age of 17, she became the top-ranked professional golfer of either gender in February 2015.
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Lydia Ko was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1997 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.
She began playing golf at the age of five.
The World Golf Hall of Fame has a replica of the glove she wore in the final round at Ienbee Park. She became the youngest woman to win a major title at the age of 18.
She was born in South Korea and relocated to New Zealand with her family when she was six years old. Hyeon Bong-sook and Ko Gil-hong are her parents.
Golfer Hollis Stacy, the LPGA Hall of Fame player, also was one of the top amateur golfers in the world in her early career.
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