Lydia Ko and David Leadbetter have parted ways. (Getty Images) The changes in Lydia Ko’s professional life have been coming in rapid succession in recent months, with another revealed on Wednesday. Ko has fired instructor David Leadbetter after 3 years, looking for a new instructor after working at his Leadbetter Academy since turning pro. Leadbetter […]
Lydia Ko leads Women’s PGA with chance to win third major in a row
June 12, 2016 by
Lydia Ko has a chance to do something on Sunday that’s never been done in LPGA history. The 19-year-old Kiwi carries a one-shot lead into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Washington. She’s at 2-under 211, ahead of Gerina Piller and two-time major winner Brittany Lincicome. And […]
Inbee Park, Lydia Ko neck and neck for LPGA’s biggest honors
November 17, 2015 by
Just as it should be, Lydia Ko and Inbee Park will decide this week who will take home all of the LPGA’s biggest awards and honors. Thanks to Park’s win on Sunday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, both players now have five wins on the 2015 campaign and are very close in the race for […]
Lydia Ko surges into LPGA KEG Hana Bank lead with 65
October 17, 2015 by
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Lydia Ko leads on the LPGA Tour. The 18-year-old Kiwi shot 7-under 65 at Sky 72 Golf Club in South Korea on Friday to take a one-shot edge heading into the weekend at the LPGA KEG Hana Bank Championship. Ko, who began the day seven shots behind […]
Lydia Ko wins The Evian to become youngest female major winner
September 13, 2015 by
Lydia Ko had one last chance to become the youngest female major champion in history, and she seized it. On Sunday, Ko won The Evian Championship, the LPGA’s fifth major championship of the year, to become a major winner at 18 years, 4 months, 20 days. The final-round, 8-under 63 Ko shot at Evian Golf […]
Lydia Ko picks up 8th LPGA win with 3rd Canadian Pacific Women’s Open title
August 24, 2015 by
You might say Lydia Ko likes Canada. Ko won her third Canadian Pacific Women’s Open title on Sunday, dispatching of Stacy Lewis with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. A routine par from the world No. 2 was good enough to defeat Lewis, whose approach from the rough sailed into the […]
Lydia Ko in danger of missing first LPGA cut after bizarre tree incident
May 1, 2015 by
Ahead of this week’s Volunteers of America North Texas LPGA Shootout, world No. 1 Lydia Ko said she would donate her entire check for the week to charities helping Nepal after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has left over 5,000 dead. Unfortunately, Ko is in danger of not receiving a check and missing her first-ever […]
Lydia Ko defends Swinging Skirts LPGA in playoff over Pressel
April 28, 2015 by
Lydia Ko gave herself a great birthday present: a successful title defense. Ko won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic for the second consecutive year on Sunday, making a birdie on the second playoff hole to defeat a game Morgan Pressel and win her seventh LPGA Tour title. Both players finished regulation at 8-under 280, with […]
Lydia Ko wins Women’s Aussie Open title by 2 for 6th LPGA win
February 22, 2015 by
Lydia Ko is a winner again on the LPGA Tour. The 17-year-old Kiwi put away the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open on Sunday with a two-shot win over Amy Yang. Ko shot a final-round, 2-under 71 on the composite course at Royal Melbourne to capture the title with a 9-under 283 total. Ko had entered […]
