World No.1 commits to Women’s Scottish Open

The Korean sensation is the biggest name in the field at a star-studded Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open, which also includes 2022 major champions Jennifer Kupcho, Minjee Lee and In Gee Chun.

Inbee Park, Lydia Ko and Ariya Jutanugarn – all former No.1s – have also committed to the event at Dundonald Links.

At 26, Jin Young Ko has already spent 130 weeks at the top of the world rankings. She first rose to the top of the Rolex Rankings in April 2019 after winning what’s now known as The Chevron Championship. Later that year she won her second major title at the Amundi Evian Championship and reclaimed the No.1 ranking, where she remained for 100 consecutive weeks.

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She is one of South Korea’s most decorated female golfers with 13 LPGA titles, two LPGA Player of the Year awards in 2019 and 2020, and three LPGA Leading Money Winner awards in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Ko began this season with a history-making victory at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in February, which saw her set the LPGA Tour’s all-time record for most consecutive rounds in the 60s (15) and most consecutive sub-par rounds (30) of which she extended to 16 and 34, before an opening round of 2-over par at the first major of the year, The Chevron Championship put these streaks to an end. She also claimed four top five finishes this season including tied 4th in the US Women’s Open earlier this month.

World no.1 Jin Young Ko makes her @DundonaldLinks debut this summer.