{"id":9087,"date":"2011-05-28T03:05:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T03:05:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-28T03:05:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T03:05:10","slug":"Another-Asian-girl-dominates-golf--Lydia-Ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9087","title":{"rendered":"Another Asian girl dominates golf – Lydia Ko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teenage golfer Lydia Ko<\/strong> could be about to join Tiger Woods<\/strong>, Michelle Wie <\/strong>and New Zealand’s own Danny Lee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Management giant IMG<\/strong>, who also represent Roger Federer and Justin Timberlake, has confirmed they are tracking the supremely talented Aucklander \u2013 the world No 1 women’s amateur.
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\nDavid Rollo, vice-president of IMG’s golf division, says while formal talks cannot begin until Ko relinquishes her amateur status, the 14-year-old is “definitely on the radar”.
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\n“I’ve had emails on her from our guys who look after our female athletes and LPGA players in the United States,” Rollo said.<\/p>\n

“She’s very young right now but obviously someone who has got a very, very bright future in front of her. <\/p>\n

Earlier this year, aged 13, Ko<\/strong> became the first female to hold both the New Zealand and Australian amateur champion titles.<\/p>\n

Professional 2011 events have further reinforced her talent, finishing fourth in February’s New Zealand Open and runner-up, by a single stroke, in the previous month’s New South Wales Open \u2013 where victory would have seen her become the youngest winner of a women’s professional tournament.<\/p>\n

She is the youngest player to make the cut in a Ladies European Tour event<\/strong> \u2013 a feat achieved when she was 12.<\/p>\n

This week Ko<\/strong> flies to the UK to compete in the British Amateur Championship before a crucial American trip in July, where she will attempt to qualify for the US Amateur Championship.<\/p>\n

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