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AYTONA BEACH, FL– Jin Young Ko has been confirmed Ko rose to No. 1 position in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings
Das the 2019 Rolex Player of the Year award. announced on April 8 this year, and after staying there for 12
With three games remaining in the 2019 season, Ko has secured weeks, she gave up her spot to Sung Hyun Park for a while. She
241 points in the Rolex Player of the Year award points, and then returned to No. 1 again from the rankings announced on
led Lee Jung-6, the runner-up in the category, by 118 points, to July 29 and has held the position so far.
clinch the award regardless of the remaining games. Ko won the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship as a
Ko, the winner of this year’s ANA Inspiration and Evian Cham- non-member to win the LPGA Tour card, and became the sec-
pionship, had already confirmed the Rolex Anika Major Awards ond player to win her LPGA history debut by showing her mettle
shortly after the last AIG Women’s British Open. to win the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, her official
“I’m very grateful to receive the Rolex Player of the Year award. LPGA debut in the 2018 season. This year, Ko made a total of 13
It’s one of the best years of my career, and the award is one of the top-10 finishes, and also won the Rolex Rookie of the Year award
highest honors I can receive,” Ko told reporters shortly after the with four games remaining.
BMW Ladies Championship. Only a few of my golf heroes have This marks Ko’s fourth Rolex player from South Korea to win the
won this award, and I can’t believe my name is on the same list Player of the Year award. Including Ko Jin-young, South Korea
now,” she said of her feelings that led to the confirmation of the has produced four Player of the Year awards in the past seven
Rolex Player of the Year award. years, including Park In-bee (2013), Ryu So-yeon (2017) and
“I would like to thank God, my family, my friends and my spon- Park Sung-hyun (2017).
sors for trusting me and helping me achieve this goal. I’m look- Ko will receive the Rolex Player of the Year award at the 2019 Ro-
ing forward to my future,” she also said. lex LPGA Awards, which is scheduled to take place after the first
Ko, who made her debut on the tour in 2018 and won the Rookie round of the CME Group Tour Championship, the final competi-
of the Year award, has played in 20 tournaments this season, and tion of the season, on Nov. 21.
has four outstanding wins this season, including two majors. She
has also finished in the top 10 12 times, including winning the AYTONA BEACH, Fla.,–고진영이 2019 Rloex Play-
title, and three of them are runner-up. She has never failed to Der of the year(롤렉스 올해의 선수상, 이하 ‘롤렉스 올해
qualify or finished outside the top 30.

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