Lydia Ko

Lydia Ko, full name Lydia Bo-Gyung Ko, is a New Zealand professional golfer born in 1997 who holds the title of Dame and sits in the LPGA Hall of Fame. She became the youngest player of either gender to be ranked number one in professional golf when she first reached the top of the Women's World Golf Rankings in February 2015 at the age of 17. She won two LPGA Tour events as an amateur in 2013 and in 2015 became the youngest woman to win a major championship at The Evian Championship. She completed a full set of Olympic medals with silver at Rio 2016, bronze at Tokyo 2020 and gold at Paris 2024, and the gold qualified her for the LPGA Hall of Fame at age 27.