In November of 2021, South Korea’s Jin-young Ko was named the 2021 LPGA Rolex Player of the Year over Nelly Korda of the United States. The honour was given to Ko despite the fact she had zero major titles last year, while Korda won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, and also won the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship.
The consistency Ko has shown on the golf course since the fall has been incredible. Following her win this past weekend at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, Ko set the LPGA records for most consecutive rounds of golf in the 60s (15), and most consecutive rounds under par (30) according to Beth Ann Nichols of Golfweek.
The players with the previous record for most consecutive rounds of golf in the 60s were Annika Sorenstam of Sweden, and So Yeon Ryu of South Korea. Sorenstam achieved the mark with 14 straight rounds in 2005, and was matched by Ryu in 2017. Ko has now shot in the 60s in the final three rounds of the 2021 BMW Ladies Championship in Busan, South Korea in October, all four rounds in the Pelican Women’s Championship in Belleair, Florida from November 11-15, all four rounds in winning the 2021 CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, from November 18-21, and all four rounds at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. In the 15 rounds, Ko has shot a remarkable 74-under-par.
Meanwhile, it was New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, and Sorenstam who shared the old record of most number of consecutive rounds under-par with 29. Ko accomplished the feat in 2015, and Sorenstam did it in 2004 according to the Associated Press.
Despite the fact the world’s best female golfers are in Jin-young Ko’s home continent of Asia again this week, Jin-young Ko has decided not to participate at the Honda LPGA Thailand. After round one, there is a three-way tie for first at -9. There you can find Esther Henseleit of Germany, Nasa Hataoka of Japan, and Su-Hyun Oh of Australia.
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