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| Lydia Ko at Queen Sirikit Cup. (Singapore Sports) |
The golf story of the week and perhaps the year is a 15-year-old who won the CN Canadian Women’s Open. Fresh off a win at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, Lydia Ko of New Zealand humbled all but maybe two of the world’s best female tour pros at the Vancouver Golf Club on Sunday. Ko’s three-stroke victory was the first win by an amateur in a pro event since Joanne Carner did it in 1969.
Did I mention that Ko is 15? Yeah, I guess I did. That makes her a year younger than Lexi Thompson when Lexi got her first win. This is getting ridiculous. An amateur not old enough to drive beating all of the top professionals. Who else is dumbfounded?
“This is making me feel old,” said 24-year-old Jiyai Shin.
“It feels like you’re being beaten by a kid,” said 31-year-old Suzann Pettersen.
(That’s because you are.)
So, how did this happen, and how does Ko stay grounded after so much early success?
“I don’t know,” Ko said yesterday in Canada. “Maybe it came from my mom or dad or something. But I just try to stay relaxed, and I’m No. 1 in the world as an amateur, but I really don’t think about that. I just feel like I’m just an athlete playing or doing something that I really love.”
Sounds like there may be more trouble for all those old ladies on the LPGA Tour.
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