Professional golfer Lydia Ko was born in Seoul, South Korea, on April 24, 1997. In 2013, at the age of 16, she began her professional career. A prodigy considered by many to be the youngest professional golfer ever, male or female, to be world No. 1 at the mere age of 17 in 2015.
As of March 2024, she has already won 28 professional wins, two majors, and several top-5s and top-10s. In early 2013, she won two LPGA events, making her the only amateur to do so.
Ko broke several of the “younger” records, meaning she is the youngest to achieve any of the achievements in women's golf. To add more to her achievements, she is on the LPGA board as Player Director. She also made the 2014 and 2015 lists of Time magazine's 100 most influential people and was inducted into the New Zealand Order of Merit.
After winning three titles in 2022 and a barren 2023 season, she most recently won the 2024 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions against Alexa Pano by a margin of two strokes and a score of 274, under 14.
Lydia Ko Majors Wins
Ko has won 2 majors as of March 2024. The fifth and last major on the 2015 LPGA schedule, the 2015 Evian Championship, was won by Ko in September of that year. She led by six strokes over Lexi Thompson in second place after dominating the final round with eight birdies, finishing with a two-shot deficit at 268, under 16. Her score of 63 was the lowest ever for a women's major championship closing round.
It was Ko's fourth victory on the Ladies European Tour, ninth on the LPGA Tour overall, and fourth on the LPGA Tour of 2015. Since Young Tom Morris won the 1868 Open Championship, Ko is the youngest major champion in golf history, and also the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history.
She won the ANA Inspiration in April 2016 by a single stroke over Charley Hull and Chun In-gee with a score of 276 under 12, marking her second consecutive major triumph. As the youngest double major champion in the history of golf since Young Tom Morris at the 1869 Open Championship. The victory secured her ranking as the number one player in the world, which she got in 2015 and she held it for 85 weeks, until June 2017.
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
| 2015 | The Evian Championship | 2 shot deficit | 268, under 16 | 6 strokes | Lexi Thompson |
| 2016 | ANA Inspiration | 1 shot deficit | 276, under 12 | 1 stroke | Charley Hull, Chun In-gee |
Lydia Ko’s Best Major Finishes
Out of the total 51 majors Ko played in since 2012, she made the cut in 51 of them. She won two, has five third-place finishes, 11 top-5s, and 17 top-10s.
| LPGA Majors | Best Finish |
| Chevron Championship | Won (2016) |
| Women’s PGA Championship | 2nd (2016) |
| U.S. Women’s Open | T3 (2015) |
| Women’s British Open | T3 (2016) |
| Evian Championship | Won (2015) |
FAQ's On Lydia Ko majors
A. Lydia Ko has won two majors as of March 2024: the Evian Championship in 2015 and the Chevron Championship in 2016.
A. Lydia Ko has played in a total of 51 majors since 2012.
A. Lydia Ko's best finish at the Women's PGA Championship was 2nd place in 2016.
A. Lydia Ko held the world number one ranking for 85 weeks from 2015 to 2017. However, she again achieved it in 2022.
A. Lydia Ko has a total of 28 professional wins as of March 2024.
