Kiwi teenager Lydia Ko, after stunning the golf world on Sunday when she became the youngest player in the world to win a professional golf tournament, has confirmed as a starter in the New Zealand Open at Pegasus, Christchurch.
Ko took out the New South Wales Open at Oatlands with a four shot victory at just 14 years of age.
The tournament tees of on February 17 and today the freakish golf player will play a practice round at Royal Pines on the gold coast with another golf sensation, American golf sensation, Lexi Thompson (16).
The pair has a hectic three weeks ahead of them as they prepare for the event – playing the Australian Ladies Masters at Royal Pines, and the Australian Open in Melbourne next week, an event co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour and which has attracted the cream of the world's players.
Ko, originally from Korea, will continue to represent New Zealand.
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