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Lydia Ko

New Zealand · born , Seoul, South Korea

3major championships

Summary

  • First major 2015 The Evian Championship
  • Last major 2024 AIG Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 3 times
  • Other titles 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur

Wins

Majors (3)

  1. 1st major · 2015 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 268 (-16) · 6 strokes from Lexi Thompson
  2. 2nd major · 2016 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 276 (-12) · 1 stroke from Chun In-gee and Charley Hull
  3. 3rd major · 2024 AIG Women's Open St Andrews Links · 281 (-7) · 2 strokes from Nelly Korda, Jiyai Shin, Lilia Vu and Ruoning Yin

Amateur titles

  1. 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur The Country Club · 3 & 1

Near misses

  1. 2013 The Evian Championship runner-up to Suzann Pettersen
  2. 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Brooke Henderson
  3. 2021 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Patty Tavatanakit

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Suzann Pettersen's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    2024 AIG Women's Open

    St Andrews Links · 281 (-7) · 2 strokes from Nelly Korda, Jiyai Shin, Lilia Vu and Ruoning Yin

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 2024.

    Career line, 2012–2024

    Chevron Championship
    2016 Chevron Championship: won2021 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Patty Tavatanakit
    Women's PGA
    2016 Women's PGA: runner-up to Brooke Henderson
    Women's Open
    2024 Women's Open: won
    Evian Championship
    2013 Evian Championship: runner-up to Suzann Pettersen2015 Evian Championship: won
    U.S. Women's Amateur
    2012 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
    201520202025

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Lydia Ko was born in 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. Ko won 3 major championships: 1 Chevron Championship (2016), 1 Evian Championship (2015) and 1 Women's British Open (2024).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (3)

    1. 1st major · 2015 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 268 (-16) · 6 strokes from Lexi Thompson
    2. 2nd major · 2016 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 276 (-12) · 1 stroke from Chun In-gee and Charley Hull
    3. 3rd major · 2024 AIG Women's Open St Andrews Links · 281 (-7) · 2 strokes from Nelly Korda, Jiyai Shin, Lilia Vu and Ruoning Yin

    Amateur titles (1)

    1. 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur The Country Club · 3 & 1

    Near misses

    1. 2013 The Evian Championship runner-up to Suzann Pettersen
    2. 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Brooke Henderson
    3. 2021 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Patty Tavatanakit

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Lydia Ko
    2. Wikipedia: 2015 Evian Championship
    3. Wikipedia: The Evian Championship
    4. lpga.com: 2019 the magical history of the evian championship (archived copy; the original link no longer works)
    5. Wikipedia: Chevron Championship
    6. Wikipedia: 2016 ANA Inspiration
    7. Wikipedia: 2024 Women's British Open
    8. Wikipedia: Women's British Open
    9. aigwomensopen.com: records
    10. aigwomensopen.com: 50th year magic moments 31 40
    11. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Amateur
    12. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur champions
    13. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur records
    14. usga.org: history 21474864840