Lydia Ko is the queen of Gainbridge LPGA golf. The New Zealander in Florida, with a total of 274 (63 70 72 69, -14) strokes, overtook the American Danielle Kang, second with 275 (-13) after winning the Tournament of Champions last week.
Lydia Ko, LPGA golf
In Boca Raton, Ko, at the age of 24, 9 months and 6 days, celebrated her 17th title (including 2 Majors) on the LPGA Tour (the highest American female circuit), taking place in the tournament roll of honor American Nelly Korda (number 1 in the world ranking), this year only 20 / a with 286 (-2) alongside, among others, her sister Jessica.
In the lead from the first lap, the Ko, third in the world, won the second round of the LPGA Tour 2022, also collecting $ 300,000 against a prize pool of 2,000,000. She thus bringing her career earnings to 12,668,796. She silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, she won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics last August.
Not only her: on February 2, 2015 she became the youngest in golf (for women but also for men) to rise to the throne of the world ranking when she was only 17 years, 9 months and 8 days. In addition, on 13 September 2015 she too established herself as the youngest winner, among the projects, of a Major (hers the Evian Championship) at 18 years, 4 months and 20 days.
And now, nine months after her last statement at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, the New Zealander is back to celebrate. In one event, the Gainbridge LPGA (now in its third edition), which saw Japanese Yuka Saso settle in third place with a score of 276 (-12).
While she went out to the cut, at the end of the second round, Giulia Molinaro. Immediately an elimination at the seasonal debut for the blue, 107 / a with 150 (+6). He is among the most successful sportsmen ever, as well as one of the richest in the world.
When it comes to firsts Tiger Woods is always present: 15 majors won, 110 professional tournaments, the most successful golfer in the history of this sport. Statistics that explain why he managed to stay at the top of the world ranking for 683 weeks (of which 281 consecutive) and above all because in 2014 he became the first sportsman in the world to have broken the billion dollar barrier.
Astronomical figure that also justifies the fact that Tiger Woods can afford a yacht like the Privacy, a real fairytale boat. And obviously we are talking about something that has cost a lot. If you imagine a luxury yacht and some comfort on board, then Privacy has it.
48 meters long, with a total area of 600 square meters, this yacht was purchased by the golfer in 2004. Equipped with five cabins capable of accommodating a total of ten people, she also boasts four quarters for nine crew members.
Tiger Woods usually calls it « my dinghy » even if everything looks like a dinghy: with a cruising speed of 18 knots, he also has a gym on board where the golfer keeps training. Woods, in fact, prefers to stay on this yacht during the tournaments held in New York.
With cherry wood interiors, Privacy also features an elevator for three people, a huge Jacuzzi, large enough to accommodate eight people, and the inevitable cinema room and corner bar. The extra something for this mega yacht is provided by the area that Tiger Woods wanted to be dedicated to scuba diving: this also explains the presence of a decompression chamber (inflatable) and an area dedicated to filling oxygen cylinders.
The luxuries are also completed by three jet skis and two scooters for short shore excursions. Obviously, all of this has a price: Privacy cost 17 million euros and its annual maintenance amounts to 1.7 million euros.
