The timing of the change this time around is notable in that Ko is the defending champion this week at the LPGA Mediheal Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club outside San Francisco.
Unfortunately for the rest of the field, after points leader Ariya Jutanugarn’s pre-tournament press conference, it sounds like she is prepared for the season’s final moment.
The new Ecco Strike design is defined by an improved spiked outsole which features a rotational line that compliments the natural movement of the foot throughout the swing.
The Englishwoman’s play over four days at Royal Lytham & St Annes made it easy to forget that she started the week as a 22-year-old LPGA rookie still looking for her first tour win.
In her first official start as an LPGA member, Jin Young Ko left everyone in her wake with a wire-to-wire victory in the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open at Kooyonga Golf Club.
For a second consecutive day, Jin Young Ko has ruled Kooyonga in building a three-shot buffer at the halfway point of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.