Lydia Ko wanted a tissue earlier than leaving Golf Channel’s sales space on Saturday at The Annika pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican. They had been grateful tears after she watched the likes of Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon welcome her into the LPGA Corridor of Fame.
The tribute ended with heartfelt phrases from older sister Sura.
“, I’m so grateful to have the ability to know these superb individuals, and to think about me so extremely, I’m very grateful,” Ko informed Golf Channel’s Morgan Pressel and Grant Boone.
“Golf, the outcomes, the 22 wins, medals, they’re nice; these type of relationships are issues which might be going to be with me ceaselessly. Not that I’ll lose my reminiscence someday, but when I do, these are the moments that I’ll keep in mind.”
Ko, 27, shot a 5-under 65 in spherical three of The Annika to climb into the highest 20. She earned the twenty seventh level wanted to qualify for the LPGA Corridor of Fame on the Paris Summer time Olympics. Quickly after, she received the AIG Girls’s British Open at St. Andrews for her twenty second profession LPGA title.
Ko turned the thirty fifth participant to enter the LPGA’s Corridor and solely the twenty fifth participant to earn 27 HOF factors. 9 girls had been inducted as honorary members (eight LPGA founders and beloved entertainer Dinah Shore).
Lydia Ko celebrates her gold medal on the medal ceremony on the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games at Le Golf Nationwide. (Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Sports activities)
And it wouldn’t be a Ko present with no “youngest to” accolade. At 27 years, three months and 17 days, she’s the youngest to get into the Corridor below its present standards.
“Golf has given me a lot not solely by outcomes,” she mentioned, “however among the relationships that I’ve made. Golf is definitely a powerful bond even between my husband and I. It’s loopy.
“I don’t know when my finish goes to be, however I do know that I’m nearer to then than once I was 15 or once I first got here on tour.
“I’m excited, however excited to present it my finest and my every part till the very finish. It’s positively a love/hate relationship. Trying again, I feel there may be extra to like for positive.”
