New Zealander Lydia Go aims for Paris Olympics gold medal for the third time | Dong-A Ilbo

Lydia Go (27), a South Korean athlete from New Zealand, won gold in her third Olympic Games.

In the fourth round of the Paris Olympics women’s golf tournament held at the Guyancourt National Golf Club (72) near Paris, France on the 10th, Lydia Ko shot 71 strokes, 1 under par, with 4 birdies, 1 bogey, and 1 double bogey (local time). In the end, Lydia Ko beat Esther Henselite (Germany) with a score of 278 strokes, 10 under par, by two strokes, with a score of 280 strokes, 8 under par.

Wu Lidia won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, winning gold medals for three consecutive Olympic Games. This is the 8th gold medal won by New Zealand in this competition.

Gao Lixia, who picked up a golf club at the age of 5, won professional competitions since her amateur period and was called a “genius golfer.” After turning professional in 2013, she broke many youngest records.

In 2014, at the age of 17, she won the KLPGA Tour’s youngest Rookie of the Year award, and the following year, in 2015, she won the LPGA Tour’s youngest Player of the Year award. Gao Liya has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major tournaments.

Lydia Ko, who was just one point away from being inducted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, filled that gap with an Olympic gold medal and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Lydia Go also attracted attention when she married Jeong Jun, the son of Hyundai Card Vice Chairman Chung Tae-young, in 2022. Vice Chairman Chung is the second son-in-law of Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo.

Yang Hee-young finished the tournament with the highest ranking among Korean players, tied for 4th place (final total score 6 under par, 282 strokes). Lin Siyu (China) won the bronze medal with a score of 7 under par.

Paris = Reporter Lee Heon-jae uni@donga.com