Lydia Ko plays her shot from the 10th tee during the first round of the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open at Earl Grey Golf Club. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
It’s been a minute but Lydia Ko is in the hunt on the LPGA again. She opened the season with a win and a second but hasn’t posted a top-10 finish since early March. Her last five outings: T-39, T-27, T-46, MC, MC.
Needing just one more point to achieve entry in the LPGA Hall of Fame, maybe this is the week Ko punches through.
“Some people have reached out and are like, ‘Oh, it’s going to happen. You’re so close.’ I was like ‘Oh, I’m not as stressed as I think people are thinking,’” she said after he round.
“Being one point away is so much easier than being two. I know when you’re two points away, oh, I still have to have two wins.
“I feel like if it’s honestly meant to be for me to be in the Hall of Fame and be a Hall of Famer, it’s probably going to happen so I’m just trying to play the best golf I can. In the past couple months I haven’t played the best golf, so it’s not like I’m playing with a lot of expectation trying to win I guess because I haven’t been in contention as much.”
And no time like the present to see things turn around a bit.
“Obviously it’s a really good time for it to happen, at a tournament that means a lot to me with the Olympics and British Open and all that coming up.”
Ko shot a 1-under 71 and is at 3 under overall, three back of the lead and tied with Jennifer Kupcho and Lilia Vu.
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