Lydia Ko

John Max 08 Feb,2016

Facts of Lydia Ko

Ethnicity
White
Birth Name
Lydia Ko
Famous Name
Lydia Ko
Nationality
South Korean
Divorce
N/A
Affair with
N/A
Currently Married
N/A
Father
Ko Gil-hong
Mother
Hyeon Bong-sook

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Career & Net worth

Net Worth
$15 million

Relationship

Divorce
N/A
Affair with
N/A
Currently Married
N/A

Lydia Ko is a Korean-born New Zealand professional golfer who won The Evian Championship in France on 13 September 2015 becoming the youngest woman to win the major championship at age 18 years, four months, and 20 days.

She became the No.1 ranked woman professional golfer on 2nd February 2015 at only 17 years nine months and nine days of her age. Ko has an estimated net worth of $15 million in 2021.

Lydia Ko Net Worth- $15 million

The 24 years old world's former no-one-ranked women golfer, Lydia Ko has an estimated net worth of $15 million in 2022, including all of her properties and incomes. She has made career earnings of $12,668,796 to date while her earning in 2022 (Feb) is reported to be $337,842

She earned around $7,774,276 until 2017 from her golf career. Lydia earned around $2 million from her all three seasons in LPGA Tours. 

Karrie Webb is one of the highest-earning female golfers with career money of $20 million.

Year Earnings
2016 $2,493,059
2017 $1,177,450
2018 $1,118,180
2019 $326,691

Besides her golf career, she also makes money through her endorsement deals with various brands. She recently signed a $14.5 million worth deal with PGX following the path of Cristie Kerr and Gerina Piller.

Besides, she can also be seen promoting other brands and products like Three Peaks, Rolex, GMAD Official, Evian, Lesux, etc.

Lydia's Lexus LC car SOURCE: Instagram

She is a young and beautiful golfer and has an attractive personality. She has made collections of several cars on his list including Lexus Lc, Ford, and Chevrolet.

Relationship-Unmarried

Moving to Lydia Ko's personal life, she just started her career and is very young to get married, so we believe that she doesn't have a spouse, and she does not have any children either.

She became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event by winning the Bing Lee/Samsung Women's NSW Open on the ALPG Tour on 29 January 2012.

Lydia is a famous golfer, and cameras follow her everywhere, but the star player has managed to keep her personal life away from paparazzi; hence, nothing about her current relationship or boyfriend has been revealed. Reportedly, Lydia is pretty near to her friend Inbee Park.

Lydia Ko's birthday photo SOURCE: Instagram

Ko lives quite remarkable life which can be easily guessed after exploring her social media accounts. Her charm and personality is just like professional models. 

Further, she is 5 feet and 5 inches tall and has a perfectly maintained slim-toned figure. She has a growing fan of social networking sites. Moreover, info about his life and bio can be taken from various wiki sites as well.

Early Life

Lydia Ko was born on 24th April 1997 in Seoul, South Korea, she emigrated with her family to New Zealand as an infant and gained citizenship at age 12. Hence her nationality is New Zealander and belongs to Asian ethnicity.

She attended Mairangi Bay Primary and Pinehurst School in Albany, New Zealand.

Professional Career

Moving to her early golf career, at the age of five, started playing golf. Her coach Wilson provided her a perfect platform to lift her career. Talking about her achievements, her success journey started in 2012. She is one of the youngest women to win a professional golf tour event by achieving the Bing Lee/Samsung Women’s NSW Open on the ALPG Tour.

She also won The Evian Championship in France, at the age of 18. Moreover, she was also named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most significant people. She surpassed the record set by Lexi Thompson at 16 years and seven months in September 2011.

She is one of the appreciated names in golf, this is just the beginning, and she undoubtedly has a prosperous future ahead. Ko successfully defended her win at the 2013 CN Canadian Open, recording five-stroke victory over Karine Icher at the Royal Mayfair Club in Edmonton.

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