Lydia Ko grabbed her second LPGA Tour win of the year in front of her Korean whanau and now sits first in Race to CME Globe Season, plus Rolex Player of the Year.

Lydia Ko was embedded in excellence for the last mixtape in July and with six top-10 finishes in her last seven tournaments, Ko is now grooving in excellence.

Prior to a wee break from LPGA Tour golf, Lydia Ko was enjoying the spoils of gritty mahi.

As the last mixtape was titled 'Autumn Plateau' we have a continuation of that vibe and it takes the mixtape into grind mode as Lydia Ko is sustaining a level of play not seen in her last few LPGA campaigns.

This time last year Lydia Ko was cruising to four top-10 finishes in her first five tournaments.

Lydia Ko's win at the Gainsbridge LPGA event was her 17th win on tour and any LPGA win for Ko comes with steady flow of records, stats and notes of her greatness. The story of Ko is a story of Aotearoa mana though, the tale of cruising through adversity while embracing a smile and positive outlook.

Lydia Ko enjoyed a glorious win at the Ladies International in Saudi Arabia last weekend and while there is a hefty gap between wins for Ko, her consistency is key.

Fresh off of becoming the only human to win two Olympic golf medals, Lydia Ko stormed home with a final round of 63 to finish tied-2nd at the Women's Scottish Open.

A slick start to the 2021 LPGA Tour has turned into a kiwi winter hump for Lydia Ko, right before the Tokyo Olympics get underway.

News that Lydia Ko would take a break and skip the next two LPGA Tour tournaments opens up a nice passage to suss out where Ko sits in Autumn 2021.

Lydia Ko's win at the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii marks a high point in her recent years on LPGA Tour and while it saw Ko reclaim her best golf, there's plenty of nuance to explore.

As Lydia Ko prepares for the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii starting tomorrow morning, she does so as one of the premier female golfers in the world.

Despite the 2020 shenanigans, Lydia Ko enjoyed a far better LPGA Tour campaign this year than she did last year and whether it's Ko adding 10m to her driver or finishing this year as one of the best short-game players on tour, there is reason to be super optimistic about where Ko is heading.

Lydia Ko rolled through two tournaments in September and two more in October on the LPGA Tour, four tournaments all up with three top-20 finishes and two top-10 finishes.

Given that Lydia Ko missed the cut at the Women's Australian Open in February, the wave of 2020 mayhem might have come at a decent time for Aotearoa's young trooper as she has enjoyed the most consistent period of recent years since the LPGA Tour rolled back into action.

Lydia Ko's 2019 LPGA Tour campaign is all wrapped up, bringing to a close another rugged year of golf for the kiwi legend.

A string of tough results has been snapped by Lydia Ko as she registered a tied-10th at the Women's PGA Championship as the standard dose of ups and downs rolls on.

Having always thought that Lydia Ko would find some sort of adversity this year while she was racking up top-20 finishes on the LPGA Tour, I didn't expect three consecutive finishes worse than 40th.

April was a tough month for Lydia Ko on the LPGA Tour as the kiwi golfer played two tournament, for two finishes in the 40's.

Lydia Ko now has five top-20 finishes in six tournaments this year after a tied-13th finish at the Kia Classic and that means that if Ko's making the cut, she's in the top-20.