Olympic gold medalist and LPGA Hall of Fame member Lydia Ko checked another item off her personal bucket list in 2025 as she is one of several female cover stars that Vogue Korea is featuring for their March issue.

The magazine’s latest edition will focus on telling the stories of women who work in all sorts of industries, from fashion to music to sport to education, via a campaign the publication is calling “Woman and Work Vogue Leaders.”

Vogue Korea shared photos and video from Ko’s cover shoot on their Instagram channel, and Ko herself did the same, saying in the caption of her photo carousel, “Never did I think that I’d ever be on the cover of a fashion magazine. Thank you @voguekorea @loropiana for bringing out the ‘model’ in me!”

Lydia Ko Vogue Cover

Ko made history last season after taking home a gold medal in the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics to earn automatic entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame. She also won three LPGA Tour titles at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the AIG Women’s Open at the Old Course at St Andrews and the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, her 20th, 21st and 22nd career victories, respectively.

With her win last year in Scotland, the New Zealand native became a three-time major champion, and along with her gold medal, Ko also has both silver and bronze medals in her possession, claiming the former at the 2016 Rio Olympics and earning the latter at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 27-year-old is the only player in Olympic golf history to complete the medal trifecta.

Ko is a three-time Race to the CME Globe champion, a two-time Rolex Player of the Year winner and a two-time Vare Trophy recipient. She was the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year in 2014 and has been recognized with two peer-voted LPGA awards – the 2021 Founders Award and the 2024 Heather Farr Perseverance Award.

Most recently, Ko was made a Dame by New Zealand at the end of last year, and on Feb. 18, she was named the New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year and recognized with the Supreme Halburg Award in honor of her achievements during the 2024 golf season.

Lydia Ko Appears on Cover of Vogue Korea

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