Lydia Ko joins Claire Rogers on the Scoop
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Subsequent up on the Scoop: Olympic gold medalist and LPGA Corridor of Fame qualifier, Lydia Ko!
The 20-time LPGA winner joined me for a scoop of pistachio raspberry ice cream from Morgenstern’s Most interesting Ice Cream in New York Metropolis forward of her third (!) look on the Olympic video games. So far as ice cream flavors go, Ko’s selection might be probably the most distinctive in Scoop historical past. I caught with cookie dough, however I’ve lots of respect for her unconventional selection. Morgenstern’s is one in all my very favourite spots in Manhattan, so be certain that to test it out subsequent time you’re on the town.
Ko has a really calming, mature presence so I knew as quickly as we sat down I used to be going to study rather a lot from her.
Nobody is aware of Olympic golf higher than Ko — she gained silver in Rio in 2016, bronze in Tokyo in 2020 and the gold medal shortly after this interview in Paris. She defined how her greatest takeaways from these competitions weren’t essentially on the golf course, however what she noticed within the different athletes. Ko defined the place her curiosity in psychology got here from (hey, Prison Minds!) and the way her work with a psychological coach has helped her enhance each on and off the course.
We additionally mentioned what it was like profitable an LPGA occasion at 15 years previous, coping with nerves and what incomes her place within the LPGA Corridor of Fame would imply to her, a feat she completed by profitable the gold medal in Paris. Lastly, Ko shared a profession excessive, low and what she’s discovered, which included what the common individual won’t notice about Nelly Korda’s 5 consecutive wins.
Shout out to Lydia Ko for being so keen to open up. It’s at all times enjoyable to study one of the best gamers within the sport, particularly once they’re as simple to speak to as Ko. So seize some ice cream and sit down for this Scoop episode that includes Lydia Ko — now stay on GOLF’s YouTube channel. I do know you’ll take pleasure in it.
