Lydia Ko Aiming for Third Straight Victory

THE WINS ARE STACKING UP for Lydia Ko. She won again this past weekend, hoisting the Patricia Bridges Bowl Trophy at the Women's New Zealand Open, her national championship. A week earlier Ko won the Women's Australian Open. Ko will try for her third consecutive win at this week's LPGA event in Singapore.

A Ladies European Tour (LET) event, the latest victory was Ko's 10th professional title. Her performance included a career-best 61 in the second round.

"[T]his is even better than I would ever have imagined," Ko said. "It's just great to have won the two Opens back to back."

Ko, 17, is setting a new standard in her sport. How old were other top golfers when they claimed their 10th professional victory? A sampling:

Jiyai Shin 19
Nancy Lopez 22
Jack Nicklaus 24
Tiger Woods 24
Rory McIlroy 24
Annika Sorenstam 25

The Ko victories chart from LPGA.com:

Year	Event	Tour
2012	Bing Lee Samsung Women’s NSW Open	ALPGA ((as an amateur)
2012	CN Canadian Women’s Open	LPGA (as an amateur)
2013	ISPS Handa New Sealand Women’s Open	LET
2013	CN Canadian Women’s Open	LPGA (as an amateur)
2013	Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters	KLPGA
2014	Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic	LPGA
2014	Marathon Classic	LPGA
2014	CME Group Tour Championship	LPGA
2015	ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open	LPGA
2015	ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open	LET