"Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's individual The women's golf tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics placed at the Olympic Golf Course (), built within the Reserva de Marapendi in the Barra da Tijuca zone, between 17 and 20 August 2016. It was the first women's golf tournament at the Olympics since 1900. Sixty players played four rounds of stroke play. The field included 57 professionals and three amateurs. The event was won by Inbee Park of South Korea with a score -16, defeating Lydia Ko from New Zealand and China's Shanshan Feng who won silver and bronze"
"Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a Korean-born New Zealand professional golfer who became the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf. Upon winning The Evian Championship in France on 13 September 2015, she became the youngest woman, at age , to win a major championship. Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors. On 3 April 2016, she won the ANA Inspiration, for her second"
"53 LPGA Tour events, with the first 16 being as an amateur. After missing the cut at the 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship held 11–14 June, Ko made the next 40 consecutive tour event cuts until she missed just her second LPGA cut at the 2017 Kia Classic held 23–26 March. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Has earned $2,000,000, or more, in her first 3 seasons as an LPGA Tour professional. Position in Women's World Golf Rankings (Rolex Rankings) at the end of each calendar year. Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a Korean-born New Zealand professional golfer who became the"
"Sir Bob Charles has won the British Open and a number of other titles. The precocious Lydia Ko, born in Seoul but raised from infancy in New Zealand, was #1 in the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, and won two events on the US-based LPGA Tour before turning professional in 2013. She has since won seven more LPGA events, and is the current #1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for professionals. The first of Ko's two stints as #1 in the professional rankings began in February 2015, before her 18th birthday, making her the youngest player of either sex"
"February 2015, Ko became the No. 1 ranked woman professional golfer after a runner-up finish at the Coates Golf Championship, overtaking Inbee Park. On 22 February 2015, Ko won her first event of the 2015 LPGA Tour season at the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open. The win was her sixth on the LPGA Tour, and her ninth victory overall. The following week, Ko returned home and won her tenth professional championship at the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open. The victory in this tournament was her second of the 2015 season, the win was also her third on the Ladies"
"consecutive major championship, where she also became the youngest player to win two women's major championships. Since turning professional in 2014, Ko has career winnings of $7,774,276 as of 26 June 2017. Additionally, she is the first LPGA Tour player to win at least $2,000,000 in each of her first three full seasons on Tour. She had been the top-ranked woman amateur golfer in the world for 130 weeks when she announced she was turning professional on 23 October 2013. She became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event and youngest person ever to win an"
"record to 3–0. On 13 September 2015, Ko won the fifth and final major on the 2015 LPGA calendar, the 2015 Evian Championship. She dominated the final round with eight birdies, winning by six shots over second-place finisher Lexi Thompson. Her 63 was the lowest-ever closing round score in a women's major championship. It was Ko's fourth win on the LPGA Tour in 2015, ninth on the LPGA Tour overall and fourth on the Ladies European Tour. Ko's victory also made her the youngest major champion in the history of the LPGA Tour and the youngest major champion in golf"
"that lone missed cut, Ko has made the last 36 consecutive Tour events and counting (as of 28 November 2016). On 23 April 2014, one day before her 17th birthday, Ko was named as one of ""Time"" magazine's 100 most influential people. The same month she advanced to world No. 2 in the Rolex Rankings when she won the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. Ko won the 2015 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic as well, marking the second time she defended a title but her first as a professional. On 22 November 2015, Ko won the LPGA Rolex Player of the Year"
"""Full 2015 Official Money List"" Scoring average leaders ""Full 2015 Scoring Average List"" 2015 LPGA Tour The 2015 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Ocala, Florida on January 28 and ended on November 22 at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Lydia Ko won five tournaments, including one major, led the money list, won the Race to the CME Globe, and became the youngest winner of the"
"LPGA Tour event. In August 2013, she became the only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events. As an amateur she never missed a cut in 25 professional tournaments, and by September 2013 had risen to fifth in the Women's World Golf Rankings in only 23 professional tournaments. Ko played her first LPGA Tour event on 9 February 2012 (14 years, 9 months, 16 days) and made the cut in her first 53 consecutive LPGA Tour events through 4 June 2015 (18 years, 1 month, 11 days) until she missed the cut at the 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Since"
"the LET Order of Merit, as of commitment date 7. Top 10 and ties from the 2014 Evian Championship 8. 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur champion 9. 2015 British Ladies Amateur champion 10. Evian invitations (four) 11. Evian pre-qualifiers (two) 12. LPGA Tour money list, as of commitment date ""Thursday, 10 September 2015"" ""Friday, 11 September 2015"" ""Saturday, 12 September 2015"" ""Sunday, 13 September 2015"" Lydia Ko birdied five holes on the back-nine and shot a round of 63 for a six-shot win over Lexi Thompson and her first career major championship. With the win Ko became the youngest winner of"
"LPGA Tour. In 2012, amateur Lydia Ko became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA Tour event. At 15 years and four months, she surpassed the record set by Lexi Thompson at 16 years and seven months in September 2011. Ko's win also made her only the fifth amateur to have won an LPGA Tour event, and the first in over 43 years. She successfully defended her win as an amateur in 2013, and won her third in 2015 as a professional. In 2018 Brooke Henderson became the first Canadian in 45 years, and only the second ever after Jocelyne Bourassa"
"Lydia Ko. The 2015 ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open featured Lydia Ko, then ranked as the World number 1 player, and Charley Hull who topped the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit in 2014. Record crowds witnessed Lydia Ko set a new course record in the second round, and a career low score for herself, of 61. Incredibly the three ball of Lydia Ko (61), Charley Hull (64) and Su-Hyun Oh (66) recorded a combined score of 25 under par. Lydia Ko won the tournament to claim the title for the first time as a professional. The Clearwater Resort The"
"for the last 231 consecutive weeks (or ), as of 22 January 2018. Then after her first 44 LPGA tournaments, Ko ascended to the world No. 1 ranking for the first time on 2 February 2015. Ko was the world number one for 84 weeks until June 2017. Ko won the 2012 and 2013 CN Canadian Women's Opens as an amateur.<br> Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.<br> Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour. LPGA Tour playoff record (5–1) Ko won the 2013 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open as an amateur.<br> Ko won the Bing Lee Samsung Women's NSW Open and"
"2015 LPGA Tour The 2015 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Ocala, Florida on January 28 and ended on November 22 at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Lydia Ko won five tournaments, including one major, led the money list, won the Race to the CME Globe, and became the youngest winner of the LPGA Tour's Player of the Year award. Inbee Park also won five tournaments,"
"Award by two points over Inbee Park, making her the youngest winner in the 49 years of the award. In both 2014 and 2015, Ko has been named in the EspnW Impact25 list of twenty-five athletes and influencers who have made the greatest impact for women in sports. In 2016, Ko was named Young New Zealander of the Year in the annual New Zealander of the Year Awards. At the Rio Olympics, in August 2016, Ko won the silver medal in women's golf. As of 19 June 2017, Ko has won 14 LPGA Tour titles in her young career. That"
"2015 Evian Championship The 2015 Evian Championship was played 10–13 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the third as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Lydia Ko won her first major championship, becoming the youngest major winner, at age 18, and shooting the lowest final round, 63, to win a major. The field for the tournament is set at"
"a pro and 16 as an amateur. In those 116 tournaments, she won 14 titles, had 12 runner-up finishes, and another 10 third-place finishes, meaning that she had a top-3 finish in roughly one third of the events she's played. Additionally, Ko accumulated 64 top-10 finishes and amassed career earnings of $8,560,344 which ranks her No. 22 on the LPGA Tour career money list. After just 14 LPGA tournaments (22 worldwide tournaments), Ko broke into the Rolex Rankings top-10 at No. 7 by winning her second Tour title on 25 August 2013. She has remained in the Rolex Rankings top-10"
"since Young Tom Morris, when he won the 1868 Open Championship. On 26 October 2015, Ko became the youngest player to win 10 events on a major tour at age surpassing Horton Smith who set the PGA Tour mark of 21 years, 7 months in 1929, and Nancy Lopez who set the previous LPGA Tour record in 1979 at 22 years, 2 months, 5 days. Ko's 2016 started where she left off from 2015, winning the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open for a third time in four years by two shots from Choi Hye-jin, Felicity Johnson, and Nanna Koerstz"
"at age 15 years and 8 months. Her record as the youngest winner of a professional event was broken later in 2012 by 14-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson, who won the second event on that year's Canadian Women's Tour on 13 June. On 26 August 2012, at the age of 15 years and four months, Ko became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA Tour event, winning with a score of 275 (−13) at the CN Canadian Women's Open. She surpassed the record set by Lexi Thompson at 16 years and seven months in September 2011. Her win also made her only"
"title in the boys' division. ""Results not in chronological order before 2018."" CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> T = tied <nowiki>*</nowiki> Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Amateur Nelly Korda Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Korda has won titles on both the Symetra Tour and the LPGA Tour. Korda was a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup. As an amateur, she won the 2015 Harter Hall Invitational, the 2015 PING Invitational, and was a 2015 AJGA Rolex Junior"
"tally means only 38 LPGA Tour players have ever won more Tour titles than Ko, at the age of . Ko had been ranked in the world top-10 for the last 231 consecutive weeks, ever since she first moved from No. 19 to No. 7 on 27 August 2013 after winning her second LPGA Tour title. As of April 2018, Ko is ranked Number 13. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she emigrated with her family to New Zealand as an infant and gained citizenship at age 12. Ko was educated at Mairangi Bay Primary and Pinehurst School in Albany, New"
"Ko in a sudden-death playoff: Henderson (3) and Ko (4). ""Results not in chronological order before 2018."" LA = Low amateur<br> DNP = did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> WD = withdrew<br> T = tied<br> Green background for win. Yellow background for top-10 Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. <small> Amateur Brooke Henderson Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015 and 2017. She won her first major at"
"The first to do so was Rory McIlroy, who was when he became the No. 1 amateur and when he first became the world No. 1 professional. Lydia Ko was the second to accomplish this feat, she was only and held the ranking for a record 130 consecutive weeks, and she was a mere when she first reached the pinnacle of the Rolex Rankings. Jordan Spieth was the most recent person to accomplish this feat, he was when he topped the amateur rankings and when he reached No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Events are ranked in eight"
"Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Professional Inbee Park Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2013 to June 2014, October 2014 to February 2015, June 2015 to October 2015, and since April 2018. Park has won seven major championships in her career, including three"
"2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. She was undefeated in singles play until falling to Melissa Reid in 2015. LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0) Defeated Nordqvist in a three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang (3-4-5=12) and Nordqvist (3-6-6=15) ""Results not in chronological order before 2018."" ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 LA = Low Amateur<br> DNP = did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> T = tied<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Amateur Professional Brittany Lang Brittany Lang (born"
"Leona Maguire Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994) is an Irish professional golfer. She was ranked 1st in the world on the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking from 2 August 2016 until 28 February 2018 and was also ranked first for the 52 weeks from May 2015 to May 2016. Maguire's 135 weeks at the top is the longest in history. A native of County Cavan, her parents are schoolteachers Declan and Breda Maguire. At the age of 9, she gave up a promising swimming career to concentrate on golf. She is 15 minutes younger than her twin sister Lisa"
"29 consecutive rounds under par in LPGA Tour events. Defending champion Lexi Thompson shot an ever par 72. ""Friday, April 3, 2015"" LPGA Tour rookie Kim Sei-young took the lead, shooting the day's low score of 65. Lydia Ko shot a round of one-over-par 73 to end her record-tying streak of 29 consecutive rounds. 73 players made the cut, which fell at three-over-par. ""Saturday, April 4, 2015"" ""Sunday, April 5, 2015"" Source:<br> Amateurs: Haley Moore (+6) ""Final round"" The playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole only and Lincicome won on the third extra hole with a par. 2015"
"Ilhee Lee (15,16), Mi Hyang Lee (12,15,16), Mirim Lee (11,12,15,16), Amelia Lewis, Pernilla Lindberg, Caroline Masson, Sydnee Michaels, Belen Mozo, Azahara Muñoz (15,16), Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist (12,15,16), Ji Young Oh, Lee-Anne Pace (12,13-LET,15), Hee Young Park (15), Gerina Piller (15,16), Morgan Pressel (11,15,16), Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas (15,16), Dewi Claire Schreefel, Sarah Jane Smith, Angela Stanford (15,16), Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Line Vedel, Karrie Webb (15,16) 11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2015 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 6 Kim Sei-young (12,15,16) 12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events,"
"state that members must be 18 years old. At the five-round Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona Beach, she finished tied for sixth to earn her tour card for 2006. She played part-time on the tour until her high school graduation in May 2006. Pressel earned her first victory in 2007 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and became the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major at , a record that would stand until Lydia Ko won the 2015 Evian Championship at the age of 18 years, 4 months and 20 days. On her flight home to Florida after her win,"
"turn pro in 2014. However, on 23 October 2013, Ko stated in a YouTube video featuring New Zealand rugby player Israel Dagg that she was turning professional immediately and would play her first professional tournament in Florida in mid-November. She finished tied for 21st in her pro debut at the 2013 CME Group Titleholders. In October 2013, the LPGA Tour granted Ko's request to join the LPGA, waiving the Tour's requirement of members being at least 18 years old. ""It is not often that the LPGA welcomes a rookie who is already a back-to-back LPGA Tour champion,"" tour commissioner Mike"
"European Tour, and fourth with ALPG Tour. Highlighted in her victory at New Zealand was her LET low-round tying and course record 61 during the second round. At the first major of the 2015 season, the ANA Inspiration, she shot a 1-under-par 71 in the first round on 2 April, tying her with Annika Sörenstam for the all-time LPGA record for consecutive rounds under par, at 29. Three weeks later, Ko would win her second LPGA Tour event of the 2015 season, when she beat Morgan Pressel in a playoff to win the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. She would defeat"
"Gerina Piller (6,8), Morgan Pressel (6,8) 6. Professionals ranked No. 1–30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of May 17, 2016 Charley Hull (8), Alison Lee (8) ""Lee Bo-mee, Teresa Lu, and Park Sung-hyun did not play."" 7. The top eight finishers at the 2015 LPGA T&CP National Championship Jean Bartholomew, Jennifer Bermingham, Jessica Carafiello, Elizabeth Caron, Lisa Grimes, Karen Paolozzi, Laurie Rinker, Hillery Wilson 8. Members of the European and United States Solheim Cup teams in 2015 Carlota Ciganda, Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, Karine Icher, Brittany Lang, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Azahara Muñoz, Gwladys Nocera, Melissa Reid, Angela"