All posts tagged "Lydia Ko"

  • Park Inbee of South Korea kisses the trophy when prompted by organizers as she celebrates after winning the HSBC Women's Champions golf tournament on Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
    Park Inbee picks up 13th LPGA win in Singapore over Lydia Ko

    SINGAPORE (AP) — Park Inbee claimed her 13th career LPGA title by winning the HSBC Women’s Champions on Sunday, shooting a 2-under 70 in the final round to win by two strokes. Park, who started the day...

    • Posted March 7, 2015
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  • Clockwise from top left are Korean golfers Park In-bee, Kim Hyo-joo, Amy Yang and Ryu So-yeon. The four players are currently included within top 15 of International Golf Federation's (IGF) Olympic Rankings. (Korea Times file)
    Olympic competition fierce for S. Korea’s women golfers

    By Baek Byung-yeul Korean golfers, who have dominated the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour, are highly motivated to represent their country in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 as their sport makes a historic return to the...

    • Posted March 6, 2015
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  • Lydia Ko holds up the trophy for the 2015 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open. (Courtesy of the Ladies European Tour)
    Top-ranked Lydia Ko wins New Zealand Women’s Open

    CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Top-ranked Lydia Ko won the New Zealand Women’s Open on Sunday for her second straight victory. The 17-year-old New Zealander, the Women’s Australian Open winner last week for her sixth LPGA Tour...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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  • World No. 1 Lydia Ko is one of Park Bo-hyun's role models. They sometimes play practice rounds together in New Zealand. (AP Photo/The Ocala Star-Banner, Bruce Ackerman)
    12-year-old Korean qualifies for New Zealand Women’s Open using Lydia Ko’s old golf clubs

    New Zealand has a new South Korea-born golf phenom following in the footsteps of world No. 1 Lydia Ko. 12-year-old Park Bo-hyun shot a 2-under 70 during a qualifying round at Clearwater Golf Club to secure a...

    • Posted February 24, 2015
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  • Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses with her winners trophy after she won the Women's Australian Open Golf tournament at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/AAP, David Crosling)
    Lydia Ko wins Women’s Australian Open

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lydia Ko made her second start as world No. 1 a winning one, shooting a final-round 2-under 71 for a two-stroke victory over South Korea’s Amy Yang in the Women’s Australian Open. The...

    • Posted February 22, 2015
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    Ko, Jutanugarn level after 3 rounds at Australian Open

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — World No. 1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn shot 1-under 72s on Saturday to share the lead after the third round of the Women’s Australian Open at Royal Melbourne....

    • Posted February 21, 2015
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    No. 1 Lydia Ko tied for lead at Women’s Australian Open

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — No. 1-ranked Lydia Ko of New Zealand, helped by a chip-in eagle, took a share of the second-round lead Friday with South Korea’s Jang Ha-na and Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand at the Women’s...

    • Posted February 20, 2015
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