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
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