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Golfers: Lydia Ko

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Golfers: Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko plays during the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open at Christchurch in February 2013; she was the youngest-ever winner at the age of 15. Two years later, in 2015, she became the world’s top-ranked professional woman player.

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Inshil Choe Yoon and Hong-key Yoon, Koreans – Community and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46761/golfers-lydia-ko (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Inshil Choe Yoon and Hong-key Yoon, published 30 October 2015, updated 1 August 2024.