"Lydia Ko Aims for Major Comeback at 2024 Scottish Women’s Open After Olympic Glory"

20 LPGA Tour wins, including 2 major wins
The last major tournament was in 2016.
The Scottish Open starts today

“The goal is to win a major championship again.”

Lydia Ko (27, photo), a New Zealander from Korea who won the gold medal in women’s golf at the Olympics in Paris, said this at a press conference on the 14th, a day before the opening of the Women’s Open of Scotland ISPS Handa on the LPGA Tour. Along with winning the Paris Olympics, she was inducted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, and this is what she answered when asked if she still had other goals. He said, “It would be nice to win one more major before I retire.” Lydia Ko has a total of 20 wins on the LPGA tour, including two majors. The last time he won a major championship was the ANA Inspiration (now the Chevron Championship) in 2016.

Lydia Ko said, “Before the Olympics opened in Paris, I told my teammates that if I won the gold medal, I wouldn’t be taking part in the Scottish Women’s Open. would be held immediately thereafter. “But as I was heading for the Olympic podium, one of my coaches asked me, ‘What’s your next goal?’ and I changed my mind. She decided to take part in the Scottish Women’s Open held at Dundonald Drinks in Ayrshire, Scotland, to prepare for the AIG Women’s Open, the final LPGA Tour major of the season this, which opens on the 22nd. The AIG Women’s Open Championship will also be held at St Andrews Old Course in Scotland.

Golf magazine ‘Golf Digest’ said on this day, “Lydia Ko has been in the ‘Top 10’ in majors 11 times since winning her last major, she decided to take part in it.” the Scottish Women’s Open to continue her move from Paris. where she won a gold medal.”

Lydia Ko, who previously said she would only play until she was 30, said, “I don’t know why I said that,” and added, “It’s something that needs a lot of thought , and I don’t think so. it’s something that can be decided overnight.” He said, “When I’m playing golf, when I’m having a bad time, I want to stop right away, and when I’m having a good time, I feel like I can go on forever. “This year will not be my last as a player,” he said.

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