Lydia Ko Quotes

Lydia Ko — New Zealander Athlete born on April 24, 1997,

Lydia Ko is a New Zealand professional golfer who became the No. 1 ranked woman professional golfer on 2 February 2015 at 17 years 9 months 8 days of age, making her the youngest player of either sex to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf. On 13 September 2015, she became the youngest woman, at age 18 years, 4 months and 20 days, to win a major championship when she won The Evian Championship in France. Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors... (wikipedia)

If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to play any better slamming your club or getting angry. So you might as well just keep it in. People say I'm pretty calm, but I do make mistakes and I do get angry, but I try and not show it.

A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.

Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

I'd love to go out on a Saturday night with my friends and watch a movie, but that happens really like once a year or a couple of times.

Before, I was like 'Oh my God, I have to do this media, this media and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get more media attention and more interest in you, and you'll get more confident handling it.

Lydia Ko Quotes

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