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Dame Lydia Ko DNZM (born 24 April 1997) 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.
Lydia Ko covered her face with her hands and cried tears of joy. Ko completed what she described as a “Cinderella-like story” by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the ...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — One gold short of the Olympic medal collection, one win away from the LPGA Hall of Fame, Lydia Ko pondered what it would be like to knock out both at the ...
New Zealand's Lydia Ko has now won gold, silver and bronze in Olympic golf after a difficult final round for the U.S. contingent in Paris. ... Ko shot a 1 under 71 on Saturday to hold on and win ...
Lydia Ko of New Zealand shot a final round 71 to take the gold medal by two strokes. Esther Henseleit of Germany shot a 66, the second best round of the day, to win the silver medal and Lin Xiyu of China took the bronze medal, one stroke behind Henseleit. Ko had previously won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 ...
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Lydia Ko captured her third major title — and first in eight years — by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the Women’s British Open by two strokes at the home of golf on Sunday, capping a summer when she also took gold at the Olympic Games.
The field included the top 9 ranked golfers, led by #1-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand. 32 of the 34 participating nations were making their debut. The United States and France were the only two nations to have competed at the only previous edition of the event, in 1900; both made their second appearance in 2016.
The win in Paris doesn't just ensure Ko a gold medal — she's also now officially a Hall of Famer. Ko entered the Olympics one point — or one victory — away from securing a spot in the LPGA ...