Olympic champion and Women’s British Open winner Lydia Ko says recent success hasn’t changed her mind about retiring from professional golf before she turns 30.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The 27-year-old Ko told Radio New Zealand that her victories in Paris and at St. Andrews would not influence her long-held plan go out on top and pursue other interests.
“To know that golf doesn’t complete me,” she said, “golf, it’s just part of me, but that’s not me as a whole.” Last year was one of her toughest in professional golf — she didn’t win any LPGA tournaments and no majors, though she won the lucrative Saudi Ladies International and the Grant Thornton Invitational mixed teams tournament with Australian Jason Day.
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