Asia Downunder - Future to the Fore (Lydia Ko)

This five-minute excerpt from Asia Downunder’s final, 2011 season joins promising golfer Lydia Ko at the driving range. Here the South Korean-born Ko is a 14 year-old student at Pinehurst School. Her coach Guy Wilson, who trained her since she was six, discusses seeking sponsorship, and Ko talks about the challenges of keeping up study while training 40 hours a week. The dilemma was soon to become moot: the world’s top-ranked amateur turned pro on 23 October 2013. Roughly two years later, she became the youngest woman to win a major on the LPGA tour.

It was just an awesome experience …

– Lydia Ko, on becoming the youngest person to win the NZ and Australian strokeplay championships

Key Cast & Crew

Stephen Chu

Director

Kadambari Raghukumar

Reporter