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Spieth and Ko Join ‘Best Pee-Wee Golf Swing in the World’ Panel

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Florida, United States: Kids from across the world get ready! Little Linksters, LLC, The Little Linksters Association for Junior Golf Development and The Littlest Golfer Inc have announced the latest instalment of the Annual Best ‘Pee Wee’ Golf Swing in the World Video Contest. This is the sixth straight year the parties have hosted this […]

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Rangitikei Golf Club embroiled in promoting women’s golf

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New Zealand Golf’s Love Golf promotional campaign shifts into a new gear during November with the “She Loves Golf” campaign which aims to encourage women to give golf a go. The timing could not have been better with Lydia Ko making headlines for regaining the world No 1 spot. Along with Lydia, New Zealand golf […]

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Kiwi golfers wanting to be ‘like Lydia’

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When Lydia Ko won the Evian Championship last weekend, she joined a very short list of New Zealanders to win a Golf Major. Only Sir Bob Charles and Michael Campbell had achieved the feat before. But Ko’s success is a game changer, with growing numbers of young players trying to be like Lydia. The real […]

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Twelve-year-old qualifies for the New Zealand Open

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It’s hard not to draw comparisons between Auckland golfer Bohyun Park and world No 1 Lydia Ko. Both will play in this week’s New Zealand Open after Park qualified in Christchurch yesterday. At the ripe old age of 12, Park is an up-and-coming superstar golfer and she’s coached by Ko’s former mentor Guy Wilson. To […]

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Teen golf wonder Ko plans to retire at 30

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Teenage world number one Lydia Ko revealed Wednesday she plans to retire at 30 and is about to start a psychology degree to prepare for life after golf. The 17-year-old New Zealander, who smashed Tiger Woods’s record of reaching the top ranking when he was 21, said she wanted a second career later in life. […]

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Ko tops world, heads for Melbourne

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17 years, nine months and 7 days. That’s the almost inconceivable number for Lydia Ko, who today become the world’s youngest ever No.1 golfer. The ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open-bound New Zealander ascended to the top of the Rolex World Rankings after finishing tied second at the LPGA Tour’s season-opening Coates Golf Classic in Florida. […]

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Lydia Ko coaches young Kiwi golfers (video)

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The kids weren’t much younger than her, but star Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko was back in the swing this morning hosting a coaching clinic for some of the country’s best up-and-coming players. Since touching down in Auckland on Thursday morning, fresh from banking a $1.9m jackpot on the LPGA Tour, the 17-year-old is on a […]

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