Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic Presented by CTBC
Lake Merced Golf Club
Daly City, Calif.
April 26, 2015

Birthplace/Hometown – South Korea/Auckland, New Zealand
Birthdate – April 24, 1997 – currently 18 years, 0 months, 2 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour – Granted Membership for the 2014 season by LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan

VICTORIES

LPGA: Seventh-career victory; fifth as a member of the LPGA Tour

PREVIOUS WINS: 2012 CN Canadian Women’s Open; 2013 CN Canadian Women’s Open (both as an amateur); 2014 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic; 2014 Marathon Classic Presented by Owens Corning and O-I, 2014 CME Group Tour Championship, 2015 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE

Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and remains No. 1 in the race with 2,005 points

ROLEX RANKINGS

With her victory, Lydia will remain No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings for the 13th-consecutive week

MONEY

CAREER: With the $300,000 first-place check, Lydia moves to 87th on the LPGA Career Money List with $2,997,843

SEASON: Lydia has earned $908,810 this season and leads the LPGA Tour Official Money List

TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

Won last year’s inaugural Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic
Previous finishes include:

2014 – Win

2015 IN A NUTSHELL

8 events played, 8 cuts made, $908,810, 2 victories, 7 top-10s

2014 RECAP

26 events, 26 cuts made, 3 victories, 12 additional top-10 finishes, Race to the CME Globe winner

OF NOTE

This marks her seventh LPGA career victory and first after the age of 18
Second player to win multiple events in 2015 joining Sei Young Kim
Ko was the inaugural Race to the CME Globe winner a year ago, netting the largest payday in women’s golf history - $1.5 million after winning both the CME Group Tour Championship and Race to the CME Globe
Became the youngest player – male or female – to reach No. 1 in the world by nearly four years, besting Tiger Woods
Became the youngest winner in LPGA history on August 19, 2012 at the 72-hole CN Canadian Women’s Open at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 2 days
Was the fifth amateur winner in LPGA history and first since 1967; became the first amateur to win twice

In the Winner's Circle with Lydia Ko

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