Lydia Ko Feels at Home and Shares Lead in LPGA Opener

Lydia Ko Feels at Home and Shares Lead in LPGA Opener
Lydia Ko of New Zealand plays her shot from the fifth tee during the second round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Fla., on January 19, 2024. Julio Aguilar/Getty Images
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ORLANDO, Fla.—Outside of a great honeymoon to start 2023, Lydia Ko had a year she’d pretty much like to forget. She struggled mightily on the golf course after winning three times the previous season, and on several occasions left the 18th green at a tournament in tears.

Ko, a 19-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major champion and still only 26, will have a great chance to bounce back this weekend at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions on the Lake Nona course she now calls home.