Teenaged South Korea-born New Zealand golf prodigy Lydia Ko's life has changed a lot in the past year, as she has won four LPGA Tour titles and risen from number four to number one in the world rankings, and she has got her wrist inked in celebration of the same.
Ko, who is gearing up for New Zealand Women's Open in Christchurch, has won prize money of about four million dollars, thanks to her huge success on the golf court.
Ko's changes in lifestyle include ditching her on-court glasses for contact lenses and a new Callaway driver along with some subtle swing changes. She is focusing more on physical training and the latest most noticeable change is the addition of some ink on a wrist, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Ko has got the date of her first LPGA Tour win as a pro, at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in April last year, now 'tatted' on her right wrist.
The teenage golf sensation said that her parents were there and she felt like it was a very memorable win so she got that tatted up.
However, one thing that hasn't changed, according to her world-renowned coach, David Leadbetter is the 17-year-old's modest, unassuming character is untainted by the money and the success.
Leadbetter said that it's all about confidence and self-belief and Ko has an abundance of that right now, more than ever, adding that she knows that she can compete and win at the highest level, but she's still such a modest person.
Leadbetter claimed that Ko has so much self confidence but she still has that humility about her, adding that it's very un-American, very low-key, no bragging, she lets her clubs do the talking.
