Lydia Ko Wins Olympic Gold Plus a Spot in the Hall of Fame With her gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Lydia Ko earned the 27 points necessary for induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame. The 27-year-old New Zealand native achieved this milestone through a stellar career that includes LPGA Hall of Fame points earned for 20 LPGA Tour victories, highlighted by two major championship titles, two Rolex LPGA Player of the Year awards, twice earning the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy really couldn’t have gotten any better than I could have imagined, and I’ve had somany grateful things that happened in my career so far, and this really tops it. I couldn’t have asked for anything more to be honest.” Ko is now a three-time Olympic medalist, taking silver at the 2016 in Brazil and added a bronze at the 2020 games in Japan. Ko has amassed 20 LPGA Tour victories since for the season’s lowest scoring average and now the Olympic gold medal. Ko becomes the 35th individual enshrined in the LPGA Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of the most accomplished and influential athletes in the history of women’s golf. “For it to have happened here at the Olympics, unreal. I do feel like I’m a mythical character in a story tale. It Michigan Golf Journal
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