Bo-Gyung Ko

nickname

Lydia, Lyds, Kiwi Ko

Sun sign

Trails

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Residence

North Harbour, New Zealand

nationality

training

Lydia attended Pinehurst School in Albany, New Zealand. When Lydia was on tour, she took correspondence courses at Pinehurst.In 2015, she started taking psychology extramaritally from Korea University in Seoul.

occupation

Professional golfer

family

• Vater – Ko Gil-hong
• Mutter – Hyeon Bong-sook
• Siblings – Sura (Older Sister)

Neither of her parents have a golf background.

Her older sister Sura studied architecture.

Lydia’s father studied PE, and her mother studied English.

But Lydia’s father played tennis.

Manager

She is signed to IMG Golf.

Per turned

October 2013

Build

Slim

Height

5 feet 5 inches or 165 cm

weight

51 kg or 112 ½ pounds

friend/spouse

It is not dated late 2015. She says she spends most of her time on the golf course, doing sponsorships, putting together parties, etc. There is very little time left for her to date anyone.

She also meets men who are either 10 or 40 years old on the golf course. Therefore, it is quite difficult for her to meet a man her age. She added –i would love a friend I don’t know what my mother has to say about that.She is currently single.

race/ethnicity

Asian

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

Schwarz

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

Wears glasses when playing

measurements

33-24-32 inches or 84-61-81 cm

dress size

6 (US) or 38 (EU) or 10 (UK)

bra size

32A

shoe size

11 (US)

brand promotion

She is the ambassador for the New Zealand charity ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children).

She has also acted in a Fiore TV commercial.

Lydia signed an endorsement deal with Callaway Golf Company in January 2014.

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Known for

Set many records and become the world’s best professional golf player.

first movie

She has not appeared in any of the films.

Personal trainer

Her training includes many dance moves. She dances her way to fitness. Lydia also goes to the gym to keep fit. Sometimes she listens to Rihanna while working out or playing golf. She finds that listening to music while practicing keeps you from creative ideas. That’s why she suggests not leaving the headphones in your ears at this point.Her flexibility on the golf course in hitting the ball, hard and far, may lie in the fact that she dances. She has shared many of her dance videos on her Instagram account with golf performance expert Trevor “TA” Anderson.She also practices golf 35 hours a week.You may want to watch Lydia Ko’s training session and golf swing analysis on YouTube.In terms of diet, Lydia says she eats mostly mixed vegetables, fish, chicken, and brown rice (by mixing nuts).

Lydia Ko favorite things

• Kurs – Gulf Harbor CC, Cypress Point
• Apps – Minion Rush, Candy Crush

Lydia Ko The fact

1. Lydia was among Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in 2014.
2. On February 2, 2015, Lydia achieved her personal best, World #1. She was 17 years 9 months 8 days at that time.
3. When she became No. 1 in professional golf in February 2015, she was the youngest player of either sex to be number 1.
4. Ko was born in South Korea and moved to New Zealand with her family when she was 6 years old.
5. At the age of 12 she got the New Zealand citizenship.
6. Lydia started playing golf at the age of 5.
7. Until December 22, 2013, Lydia took over the professional coaching of Guy Wilson, a business owner at Pupuke Golf Club in Auckland, New Zealand.
8. At the age of 7 she first attracted media attention when she took part in the New Zealand amateur championships in March 2005.
9. She doesn’t believe in superstitions. She wore a narrow-backed red striped shirt when she won the 2012 US Women’s Amateur. She wore the same shirt again at the 2012 Canadian Open and won it. But she decided to give the shirt to her aunt, who bought her 7-iron and putter.
10. In January 2012, during the Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG) tour, she became the youngest-ever player (her record was broken by Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson in June 2012) and won the Bing Lee/Samsung Women’s NSW Open golf competition. She was 14 years old then. In 2011, she placed second in the same event.
11. She is not a fan of ice cream, sweets or even sweets unlike most other girls. While she eats a bag of chocolate ice cream a month, she wouldn’t mind if for some reason she couldn’t eat it.
12. Lydia had never been sick or hospitalized in her life just because she had eaten right.
13. The day before her pro debut with CME titleholders, she wanted to take a practice session. But suddenly Lydia found out that she had lost her new iPhone, which contained all her favorite songs from One Direction, Lady Gaga and other singers. It also had important phone numbers of her friends and family. But later someone gave her the phone. It was like she got her life back.
14. She was named to the Impact 25 list by ESPNW (or espnW or ESPN Women).
15. In 2015, Time Magazine named her one of the “30 Most Influential Teens” list.
16. She turns to American golfer Michelle Wie for inspiration. It’s called unni (Unni is a girl older than you and special to you) in Korea.
17. When she was 5, her aunt bought her a 7-iron and putter. She played with them in a playful way, just like the children. But she gradually got interested and got better at golf every day and is now a pro golfer.
18. Her father and older sister are allergic to dog hair. But she wants a dog.
19. She is fluent in Korean and English.
20. In golf, she enjoys meeting new people and playing against people of different ages in the same game.
21. In her free time, she enjoys reading and going to the cinema.
22. She calls her parents the most influential people.
23. Check out their official website at www.lydiako.co.nz.
24. Connect with Lydia on Instagram.