"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 6, 2015 Jang Ha-na (16), Ariya Jutanugarn 16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 5, 2015 Shiho Oyama 17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA Additional players qualify through sectional qualifying tournaments taking place between May 9 and June 15 at 25 sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan. May 9 at Ka’anapali Golf Resort (Royal Course), Lahaina, Hawaii<br> May 13 at CGA Nanshan International Training Center (Garden Course), Shandong, China<br> May"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"(11), Catriona Matthew (11), Ryu So-yeon (8,13), Lexi Thompson (8,13), Karrie Webb 2. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1). Carlota Ciganda (3,5), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (3), Shanshan Feng (3,5,8), Charley Hull (3), Karine Icher (3,5), In-Kyung Kim (3,5,8), Caroline Masson (5), Anna Nordqvist (3,5,8), Su-Hyun Oh (5), Suzann Pettersen (3,5,13) 3. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1) as of 4 July. Chella Choi, Austin Ernst, Brooke Henderson (8,13), M. J. Hur, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (8,13), Cristie Kerr (8),"
"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"
"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"
"3. Winner of the 2017 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur) Leona Maguire (a,4) 4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur) 5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2013–2017) Brooke Henderson (13,16,17), Danielle Kang (11,17) 6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2012–2016) Ariya Jutanugarn (12,13,16,17), Stacy Lewis (10,16,17), Mo Martin (16,17), Jiyai Shin (14-JLPGA,16,17) 7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2013–2017) Lydia Ko (8,10,13,16,17), Brittany Lincicome (13,16,17), Lexi Thompson"
"year Chella Choi (5,12), Carlota Ciganda (6,10,12), Charley Hull (6,10,12), In-Kyung Kim (6,12), Kim Sei-young (6,12), Jessica Korda (6,12), Minjee Lee (6,12), Mirim Lee (5,6,12), Caroline Masson (10,12), Haru Nomura (6,12), Jenny Shin (12), Kris Tamulis (12), Amy Yang (5,6,12) 5. Professionals who finished top-10 and ties at the previous year's Women's PGA Championship Su-Hyun Oh (12), Park Hee-young (12) 6. Professionals ranked No. 1-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of June 5, 2017 M. J. Hur (12), Park Sung-hyun (12), Gerina Piller (10,12) 7. Gold Medal winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics 8. The top eight finishers"
"2015."" ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 DNP = did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> T = tied<br> WD = withdrew 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 Suzann Pettersen Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second and she has held that position several times, most"
"to reach the top of the world rankings. Later in 2015, Ko won her first major championship, the Evian Championship, becoming the youngest player of either sex to win a professional major championship, and became the youngest-ever LPGA Player of the Year. Tournaments and competitions include Trans Tasman Cup, New Zealand Open, New Zealand Women's Open, New Zealand PGA Championship, Taranaki Open and SBS Invitational. In New Zealand, like most other Commonwealth nations, ""hockey"" without an identifier refers to field hockey, as opposed to ice hockey and other kinds of hockey. The New Zealand Hockey Federation (also known as Hockey"
"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,"
"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 Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 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 Yani Tseng Yani Tseng ( ""Zēng Yǎní""; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from"
"class standings and secured their gold-medal victory before the final two races. New Zealand women won the majority of the medals (11), the second time this has happened in the nation's Olympic history (the first was in 1952). Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are in Brasília time (UTC−3), fifteen hours behind New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12). Golfer Lydia Ko (b. 24 April 1997), pole vaulter Eliza McCartney (b. 11 December 1996) and rugby sevens player Terina Te Tamaki (b. 1 May 1997) became the first teenaged women to win an Oympic medal for New Zealand, beating the previous"
"in rank from previous week. Notes ""As of 17 December 2018"" Active players are in bold.</small> Annika Sörenstam of Sweden topped the first set of rankings, which was released on Tuesday 21 February 2006. Paula Creamer (United States); Michelle Wie (United States); Yuri Fudoh (Japan); and Cristie Kerr (United States) took the other places in the top 5. The top one hundred players in the initial rankings came from the following countries: Women's World Golf Rankings The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight"
"Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Professional Ryu So-yeon Ryu So-yeon (Korean 유소연, RR ""Ryu So-yeon"", MR ""Ryu Soyŏn"", ; born 29 June 1990), also known as So Yeon Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She is a two-time major winner having won the 2011 U.S. Women's Open and the 2017 ANA Inspiration. On 26 June 2017, she became just the 11th No. 1-ranked golfer in the Rolex Rankings by virtue of winning her 5th LPGA Tour title at"
"Shin (14,15), Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song (14,15), Angela Stanford, Ayako Uehara, Jing Yan, Angel Yin (15), Yoo Sun-young 10. Top 10 money leaders from the 2018 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 25 Ko Jin-young (11,12-KLPGA,14,15) 11. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open 12. Top five money leaders from the 2017 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour Georgia Hall (14,15), Kim Ji-hyun, Lee Min-young (14,15), Teresa Lu (14,15),"
"Klára Spilková, Ai Suzuki (14,15), Anne van Dam 13. Top three money leaders from the 2017 China LPGA Tour Saranporn Langkulgasettrin, Lee Solar, Supamas Sangchan 14. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 25 Nasa Hataoka (15) 15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 28 16. Special exemptions selected by the USGA Karrie Webb Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place May 2–17 at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and"
"the 2017 final official LPGA money list Marina Alex (14,15), Brittany Altomare (14,15), Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Peiyun Chien, Chella Choi (14), Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (14,15), Sandra Gal, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull (14,15), Karine Icher, Moriya Jutanugarn (10,11,14,15), Kim Kaufman, Cristie Kerr (11,14,15), Megan Khang, Katherine Kirk, Jessica Korda (10,11,14,15), Nelly Korda (14,15), Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang (11,14,15), Minjee Lee (11,14,15), Gaby López, Caroline Masson (15), Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz (12-LET,14), Haru Nomura, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas (14,15), Alena Sharp, Jenny"
"Jutanugarn (9,10,11,14,15), In-Kyung Kim (9,11,14,15), Stacy Lewis (9,11,14,15), Mo Martin (9) 6. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2014–2018) Lydia Ko (7,9,11,14,15), Brittany Lincicome (9,11,14,15), Pernilla Lindberg (9,10,11,14,15), Lexi Thompson (9,11,14,15) 7. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years (2013–2017) Kim Hyo-joo (9), Anna Nordqvist (9,11,14,15) 8. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2017 U.S. Women's Open Choi Hye-jin (14,15), Carlota Ciganda (9,12-LET,14,15), Shanshan Feng (9,10,11,14,15), M. J. Hur (9,14,15), Kim Sei-young (9,14,15), Lee Jeong-eun (12-KLPGA,14,15), Mirim Lee (9,14,15), Amy Yang (9,14,15) 9. Top 75 money leaders from"
"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"
"Kim Hyo-joo (13), Kim Sei-young (8), Lydia Ko (13), Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang (13), Minjee Lee, Brittany Lincicome (8,13), Haru Nomura, Inbee Park (8,11,12,13), Park Sung-hyun (9-KLPGA, 13), Gerina Piller, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Michelle Wie (13), Amy Yang (8) 4. The top 25 on the current LET money list not exempt under (1) or (2) as of 4 July. Carly Booth, Hannah Burke, Holly Clyburn, Olivia Cowan, Tonje Daffinrud, Annabel Dimmock, Sandra Gal (5), Jenny Haglund, Georgia Hall, Kylie Henry, Whitney Hillier, Nuria Iturrios, Felicity Johnson, Karolin Lampert, Camilla Lennarth, Florentyna Parker (8), Emily Kristine Pedersen (5), Pamela Pretswell,"
"Gal (5), Charley Hull (5,10), Pernilla Lindberg (5,8,12), Azahara Muñoz (5), Su-Hyun Oh (5), Madelene Sagström (5) 3. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1) as of 3 July. Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Chella Choi, Chun In-gee (10,12), Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Nasa Hataoka (8,10), Brooke Henderson (8,10,12), Wei-Ling Hsu, Mi Jung Hur, Ji Eun-hee (8,10), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,10,11,12), Moriya Jutanugarn (8,10), Danielle Kang (10,12), Cristie Kerr (10), Kim Sei-young (8,10), Katherine Kirk, Ko Jin-young (8,10), Lydia Ko (8,10,12), Jessica Korda (8,10), Nelly Korda, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee (8,10),"
"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"
"from 46 different countries and was headed by the 2006 U.S. Amateur champion, Richie Ramsay of Scotland. In February 2011, the United States Golf Association (USGA) endorsed the rankings and announced it would use them for an exemption category in all their men's amateur championships, including the U.S. Amateur, beginning in 2011. The women's rankings were started in February 2011. Mitsuki Katahira was the first number one. Leona Maguire holds the record for most weeks at the top of the rankings with 135 weeks. Only three players have ever held the No. 1-ranking as both an amateur and a professional."
"Open Brooke Henderson, Meena Lee (10), Catriona Matthew (10,15,16), Stephanie Meadow, Pornanong Phatlum (10,15,16), Jenny Shin (10,15,16), Amy Yang (10,11,12,15,16), Sakura Yokomine 10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2014 final official LPGA money list Marina Alex, Dori Carter, Chella Choi (15,16), Carlota Ciganda (13-LET,15,16), Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Austin Ernst (12), Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal (15,16), Julieta Granada (15,16), Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, M. J. Hur (12), Karine Icher, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim (12), I.K. Kim (15), Katherine Kirk, Lydia Ko (11,12,15,16), Jessica Korda (15,16), Candie Kung, Brittany Lang (16),"