Lydia Ko kicks off BMW Women Championship week in South Korea by facilitating huge players, that call for genuine questions
Lydia Ko returns to the LPGA this week and kicked things off in her local South Korea with a kind signal of neighborliness. The newly-minted LPGA Lobby of Famer treated a huge number of LPGA players and staff to a Korean-style grill supper close the BMW Women Championship’s official inn
Rose Zhang, Jeeno Thitikul, Lauren Coughlin, Megan Khang, Hinako Shibuno and Celine Boutier were among those in participation.
Chella Choi, who is right now on maternity take off, started a comparative convention as a thank you to LPGA staff about 15 a long time back at the tour’s yearly South Korean halt.
Better believe it, Chella utilized to do that, allow a small, I figure, encounter to the LPGA staff and a few of the players that came over for this event,” said Ko. “You know … my thought behind it as well, particularly [since] I’ve had such a thankful year, a part of positives.
“I think one of the blessed things for me is I’ve gotten a parcel of bolster from my individual competitors and players who play on the LPGA. As much as we are playing against each other, and we need to be the one that wraps up at the beat of the leaderboard each week, they have been super strong and a few of them are young ladies that I’ve fair known for an extremely long time.”
Ko, currently positioned No. 3 within the world, won this occasion in 2022 and has the leading record on visit at the BMW over the past three seasons. Her combined score of 52 beneath standard is 11 strokes way better than any other player in that span, with Alison Lee coming the closest at 41 beneath, agreeing to KPMG Execution Bits of knowledge. Ko moreover wrapped up within the beat three at this occasion in 2021 and 2023
A three-time victor on the LPGA this season, Ko qualified for the LPGA Corridor of Acclaim this summer with her gutsy triumph at the Paris Olympics. The prevalent Kiwi got to be the 35th part to enter the Corridor and the most youthful beneath the current criteria at 27 a long time, 3 months and 17 days.
She positions fourth on the LPGA cash list this season with $2,569,317.
The BMW’s field of 78 gloats 17 of 18 champs this season, with No. 1 Nelly Korda recognizably
Lydia Ko returns to the LPGA this week and kicked things off in her local South Korea with a kind signal of neighborliness. The newly-minted LPGA Lobby of Famer treated a huge number of LPGA players and staff to a Korean-style grill supper close the BMW Women Championship’s official inn
Rose Zhang, Jeeno Thitikul, Lauren Coughlin, Megan Khang, Hinako Shibuno and Celine Boutier were among those in participation.
Chella Choi, who is right now on maternity take off, started a comparative convention as a thank you to LPGA staff about 15 a long time back at the tour’s yearly South Korean halt.
Better believe it, Chella utilized to do that, allow a small, I figure, encounter to the LPGA staff and a few of the players that came over for this event,” said Ko. “You know … my thought behind it as well, particularly [since] I’ve had such a thankful year, a part of positives.
“I think one of the blessed things for me is I’ve gotten a parcel of bolster from my individual competitors and players who play on the LPGA. As much as we are playing against each other, and we need to be the one that wraps up at the beat of the leaderboard each week, they have been super strong and a few of them are young ladies that I’ve fair known for an extremely long time.”
Ko, currently positioned No. 3 within the world, won this occasion in 2022 and has the leading record on visit at the BMW over the past three seasons. Her combined score of 52 beneath standard is 11 strokes way better than any other player in that span, with Alison Lee coming the closest at 41 beneath, agreeing to KPMG Execution Bits of knowledge. Ko moreover wrapped up within the beat three at this occasion in 2021 and 2023
A three-time victor on the LPGA this season, Ko qualified for the LPGA Corridor of Acclaim this summer with her gutsy triumph at the Paris Olympics. The prevalent Kiwi got to be the 35th part to enter the Corridor and the most youthful beneath the current criteria at 27 a long time, 3 months and 17 days.
She positions fourth on the LPGA cash list this season with $2,569,317.
The BMW’s field of 78 gloats 17 of 18 champs this season, with No. 1 Nelly Korda recognizably
absent after suffering a minor neck injury during practice. This marks the second year the event has been held at Seowon Valley Country Club, with Minjee Lee winning in 2023.
Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses for a photo with her caddie and team during a pro-am ahead of the AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews Old Course on August 21, 2024, in St. Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Michael Reaves
Ko’s hot streak dates back to August when she took a share of eighth at the CPKC Women’s Open. She followed that with an Olympic gold medal and her third career major championship victory at the AIG Women’s British Open at St. Andrews.
After a brief respite, Ko returned to action at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Ohio last month where she won again. She then immediately flew to South Korea, where she finished 10th at the Hana Financial Group Championship on the KLPGA.
Ko’s 11th season on the LPGA marks the fifth time in her career that she’s won at least three times in a season. The most wins she’s recorded in a single season is five back in 2015.
