Post by chargepads on Apr 25, 2012 9:54:01 GMT -5
SINGAPORE: New Zealand's record-breaking teen Lydia Ko vowed to avoid the mistakes of her "idol" Michelle Wie as she plots her path to professional golf -- and targets a medal at the 2016 Olympics.
Ko is tipped by her handlers as a future world number one after she became the youngest amateur, male or female, to win a professional event aged 14 years and 280 days in January, breaking the mark of Japan's Ryo Ishikawa.
But Ko, who turned 15 on Tuesday at the Queen Sirikit Cup in Singapore, said unlike Wie she was in no rush to turn pro, and wouldn't try to juggle full-time golf with her studies. She was also cautious about competing in men's events.
Full story: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/golf/top-stories/No-Wie-mistakes-for-me-vows-record-teen-Lydia-Ko/articleshow/12865001.cms
Ko is tipped by her handlers as a future world number one after she became the youngest amateur, male or female, to win a professional event aged 14 years and 280 days in January, breaking the mark of Japan's Ryo Ishikawa.
But Ko, who turned 15 on Tuesday at the Queen Sirikit Cup in Singapore, said unlike Wie she was in no rush to turn pro, and wouldn't try to juggle full-time golf with her studies. She was also cautious about competing in men's events.
Full story: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/golf/top-stories/No-Wie-mistakes-for-me-vows-record-teen-Lydia-Ko/articleshow/12865001.cms