After consuming effectively, Lydia Ko is once more taking part in effectively in South Korea.
Ko shot 5-under 67 within the opening spherical of the BMW Women Championship to take a seat three pictures off the early lead at Seowon Valley Nation Membership.
Earlier within the week, Ko handled some LPGA gamers and workers to a Korean BBQ dinner, persevering with a convention started by Chella Choi, who’s at the moment on maternity depart.
“Yeah, Chella used to try this, give a little bit, I assume, expertise to the LPGA workers and among the gamers that came visiting for this occasion,” mentioned Ko. “ … my thought behind it as effectively, particularly [since] I’ve had such a grateful 12 months, a variety of positives.
“I believe one of many lucky issues for me is I’ve gotten a variety of help from my fellow opponents and gamers who play on the LPGA. As a lot as we’re taking part in towards one another, and we need to be the one which finishes on the high of the leaderboard each week, they’ve been tremendous supportive and a few of them are women that I’ve simply identified for a extremely very long time.”
Ko, who gained this occasion in 2022, is looking for her third consecutive LPGA title. Coming off Olympic gold – which certified her for the LPGA Corridor of Fame – she completed ninth on the Scottish Open, gained the AIG Ladies’s Open at St. Andrews after which captured the Kroger Queen Metropolis Championship.
That is her first begin since prevailing in Cincinnati.
Ko was close to flawless on Thursday, making 5 birdies and no bogeys, discovering all 14 fairways and hitting 17 of 18 greens in regulation.
“I performed actually stable. I didn’t actually put myself in that many tough positions,” she mentioned. “, that is form of a golf course the place for those who hit the ball effectively, you understand, you possibly can arrange and provides your self a variety of birdie alternatives. So I believe I did that effectively.”
