At Lake Merced Golf Club, Lydia Ko carded a final-round 71, and then beat Minjee Lee on the first playoff hole to capture the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship. The win ended a nearly two-year winless streak for …
The #1 ranked women’s golfer Lydia Ko has officially partnered with Gary Gilchrist. After spending over a month at the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy at Mission Inn Resort & Club, Ko feels confident in the new …
With less than 10 days remaining in 2015, golf.swingbyswing.com is counting down the top-10 golf stories of 2015, one per day until New Years Eve. The stories’ place on this list are a result of a criteria set forth …
Halfway around the world in Hong Kong and Taiwan, respectively, two of golf’s biggest stars held up trophies on Sunday as Justin Rose and Lydia Ko both took home titles in Asia. Rose, playing in the …
She may only be 17, but Lydia Ko knows exactly what she wants out of life and golf and has already announced her retirement from the game — in 13 years. “I say my plan is …
She may be young, but Lydia Ko is no dummy. She definitely knows how to say “thanks” and what it means to be a professional. The completion of the Pure Silk Bahamas Classic this weekend marked one …
Lydia Ko’s incredible year keeps getting better, and it’s not even over. The 17-year-old, who has won twice on the LPGA Tour this season, was named one of Time magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 …
Never before have the men’s and women’s U.S. Open Championships been held on consecutive weeks at the same venue until this year at Pinehurst. Thanks to that, many of the LPGA Tour’s stars were seen warming …
She’s 17 years old, the second-ranked player in the world, a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour, and one of the 100 most influential people in the world. But here are five other things you need …
After opening with a 4-under-par 68 on Thursday at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in San Francisco, Lydia Ko is in contention to win her third career LPGA Tour event. That wouldn’t even be the coolest …
Just one week after making IMG Worldwide her representation firm, Lydia Ko has reportedly signed an equipment deal with Callaway Golf. The deal hasn’t been made official, nor have any terms been released. Fresh off her first …
Fresh off her first win as a professional, LPGA phenom Lydia Ko announced that she has signed with IMG Worldwide for management and marketing. IMG Worldwide, which formerly represented Tiger Woods, boasts a professional roster that …
Lydia Ko‘s first round is underway at the CME Group Titleholders event at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. No big deal – the 16-year-old has competed in 15 LPGA events the past two years, …
And the very early frontrunner for 2014 LPGA Rookie of the Year is: Lydia Ko. The South Korean-born, New Zealand-raised 16-year-old will be a member of the top women’s tour in the world starting in 2014. …
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko made it official: She’s turning pro. She may only be 16, but she’s already won two LPGA tournaments and is fourth in the world rankings. Not the amateur rankings – the ones …
What were you doing when you were 15? Itching to get your driver’s license? Having your first real boyfriend or girlfriend? Lydia Ko is winning golf tournaments. A lot of golf tournaments. And not against high-school kids. On Sunday, Ko won her third professional tournament in the last 13 months, taking the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open in her native country. With the win, she became the youngest winner on Ladies European Tour history, months after setting the youth benchmark on the LPGA Tour with a win in the Canadian Women’s Open. She became the youngest winner of a professional golf event on jan. 29, 2012, when she won the Women’s New South Wales Open. And, oh yeah, she is the defending U.S. Women’s Amateur champion. Needless to say, Ko is a name you’ll want to know for years to come. Get in on the ground floor with these five facts.
Former World No. 1 Lydia Ko has won just once in the last three years and her former swing coach David Leadbetter has called out the prodigy’s parents as the leading reason why. Speaking in a …
For the third time since 2016, Lydia Ko is without a swing coach. Ko told GolfChannel.com on Tuesday that her and Ted Oh, with whom she’d been working with since the beginning of 2018, had mutually …
Lydia Ko’s precipitous fall from the top of the sport to a middling Tour pro has many analysts, fans and players scratching their head and wondering why. Ko’s career on the LPGA Tour began with incredible highs …
The top-ranked player in the women’s game got a wake-up call from a former employee. Lydia Ko finished runner-up in last week’s LPGA Lotte Championship and then promptly fired her caddie, Gary Matthews shortly after signing …
