Teenage star Lydia Ko has split with the only golf coach she's ever had, a risky move given the hugely successful partnership, according to reports.
According to Stuff.co.nz, talk of a split between the 16-year-old and her coach, Guy Wilson, has been circling for several weeks and Ko refused to address the subject in an interview but Wilson has confirmed the news today.
Reports suggest Ko has agreed to be coached by American coaching guru David Leadbetter's academy when she is in the United States.
Having recently turned professional, Ko will ply her trade largely in the US next year on the LPGA Tour, the report said.
Wilson has coached Ko for 11 years, ever since her family moved to the North Shore from South Korea, during which time she became the world No 1 amateur for three consecutive years, and rose as high as No 4 in the world golf rankings, the report added.
She won five professional titles while under Wilson's guidance, four of them as an amateur. Her record, as an amateur, is second-to-none and she's the hottest property in women's golf right now, the report further said.
