On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, 2-time Major winner Lydia Ko joins Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz for an exclusive interview. The owner of 20 LPGA Tour victories talks what it’s like being so close to the Hall of Fame at just 26 years old, winning the Grant Thornton Invitational alongside Jason Day and how special twice medaling at the Olympics has been for her.
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All right here we go welcome back to golf subpar col no Drew stz s it’s actually a beautiful day out here in La I’m at the Genesis Invitational making his return but first we need to talk about last week’s WM Phoenix Open where Nick Taylor took down the seagull in an
Incredible playoff how about the kid coming through like that back with four to go rattles off three including the one on the 72nd and then birdes the thing twice pushing Darkness at the at the end there hell of a finish sad that it ran up against the Super Bowl cuz I’m
Sure the rest of the world was probably tuned into that but in terms of finishes man that’s about as good as you’re going to get shout out to the seagull Charlie Hoffman damn near pulling that thing out I was pretty sure with four to go I was
Like dude Charlie’s going to win this thing and damned if Nick didn’t come in there and just start making everything you go look back at his win in Canada last year Co I mean this dude just got a knack for the big moment and um he’s
Going to be a beast in that President’s Cup I’m sure later on this fall yeah he’s goingon to be on that squad for Captain Mike Weir but he is man he’s clutch I thought it was over when he laid up from 250 they’re on 15 obviously everybody questioned that then he
Obviously knew what he was doing end up making birdie but the awesome Birdie on 16 and then the putt on 18 just falling into that right side and then just walking it in in the playoff uh that’s his fourth PGA Tour win he just continues to get better and better the
Seagull 47 years young almost getting it done it would have been such a cool story I mean him him being sponsored by WM to win that tournament I know what meant so much to him but man you gotta give him credit 6464 on the weekend dude he played unbelievable and even in going
Into that playoff he was sitting around he was watching the closing I don’t think he was warming up or doing much of anything comes back out there hits a seed in the first playoff hole hits it close makes birdie Nick does the same thing like he didn’t lose that golf thr
He just got beat by Nick Taylor I mean he did everything he needed to do how about the distance that the goal is hitting it right now dude he was taking that Lake out of play I didn’t know that that that kind of gas was in the tank
Necessary for him I mean he hit it down there in that JB Holmes plaque range uh during his final hole of Regulation dude Charlie looked damn damn good and he’s going to be playing this week now uh out at Riv which is awesome his golf swing
Looked good he didn’t look good let’s be honest well yeah you know you know what I’m saying it’s all relative H but man that was that was cool watch man it was cool to be out there on the bag for Taylor Montgomery but I’ll tell you this I’m very excited
To be carrying a microphone this weekend out at the Genesis instead of a golf bag that damn thing was Heavy 33 holes on Friday 22 on Sunday I’m exhausted let’s get into that a little bit we got some cading to talk about we got some WM fans
To talk about but in terms of the catting now that the week’s over just a complete [ __ ] Burger of a week for you in terms of how long you had to go each day are you happy you did it sad you did it where do you stand no I’m very happy
Happy man it was a lot of fun it was cool to let Taylor have let me have that opportunity um I had to work on him about the golf bag he had so much [ __ ] in there it was absolutely ridiculous I think I cleaned out 60 gloves 40
Hydration packets I’m like what what are we doing carrying all this nonsense around in here and then Taylor Made was nice enough to let me carry the smaller bag which was a huge help considering we did have to go 33 holes there on Friday but it was awesome man he was honestly
Right right in the mix I believe on Sunday when we were have to finish our third round he missed a six-footer on 18 he would have been three back um I think was in 12th going in to Sunday struggled got to a really rough start there on
Sunday in the final round he was four over three five had to take a couple unplayable uh but it’s man it’s cool to be out there had great pairings all week Kevin Stadler Bo Hustler for the first two rounds and then Shane Lowry and Joel
Damon by by the way Joel Damon is a goddamn rockar the place that everyone just loves this guy they were going nuts every time he’d walk onto a te uh he has so many new fans I mean because of this Netflix whole swing it is it is really
Cool it was fun going with those guys he was a little under the weather on Sunday which was unfortunate but man the people love them from Joel Damon how can you not if you don’t like Joel Damon then there’s something wrong with you dude I was walking in I believe it was Tuesday
Night finishing up out there I was walking into the family area and it was Pitch Black uh getting ready for the proam draft party that’s what it was Pitch Black raining I just kind of ducked my head out for a minute and I saw a group coming up 18 to the 18th
Green I was like what kind of idiots are out here playing a practice round right now and I’m looking closer and I see you lugging this staff bag the thing was damn near carrying you one strap shoulder on multiple balls on the green I like oh my God that’s cold I took a
Video of it but it was so dark it was hard to see but I was like oh my God if he has to carry this thing dude I I don’t know if my boy’s going to make it that’s going to be a lot of [ __ ] in that
Bag with all the rain gear all your ring gear umbrellas I was feeling for you but you gutted it out dude kudos to you grade yourself on a 1 to 10 caddy wise what do you think you did I mean it’s hard for me to GR
I think I did I think I did really good um we had a lot of fun he really struggled off the te but grinded it out I mean his short game is unbelievable he hit it some absolutely crazy places I didn’t even I didn’t even know some
Those places existed at TPC Scottdale um the one I tell everybody about is the 15th hole rather exciting part five um a man hit it OB and I’ve never seen in all the years I’ve going out there I’ve never seen that happen before you see a
Lot of people write on 15 you see them pitch it out from the knock the Third on you don’t see many over the fence into the Little River or whatever the hell that is over there by kand uh that takes that takes not only some uh offline an
Open Club face but you got to smash it to get it over that fence I don’t know I’ve ever seen want to go I’ve seen some way wide right there but I haven’t seen over the fence no we were joking with him on sirusxm this morning and I told
Him I said I was going to the airport yesterday and I think I saw your ball bouncing down the 101 I mean that thing was so far right somebody at intern out was ordering a double double and a tailor made just popped into their oh yeah
Sweet oh man but it was it was so much fun seriously I mean I really thought he was going to go out there and have a great final round he came out Sunday morning and just striped he was struggled with the driver all week striped it on the holes we had left hit
A beauty off 18 hit in there six feet I was like oh boy this could this could be something good like he could go low I could you know possibly get a top 10 top five out of this thing uh but just the rough start took an unplayable on the
First hole make double and just never really got to go made I think birdie three of the last five to to get in and shoot two over but ended up falling down to I think 38th so um but man all and all it was it was awesome I I would love
To do it again for him I would just hope the weather would be a little better and the bag be a little lighter 18 holes a dayy you had it right this morning on radio when he said we had a great first through third rounds and then he had a
Bad day on the fourth you had it right you’re talking like a caddy now dude we were going along great and then he made double that’s it how you doing um but like I said it was awesome I love the kid um he’s got such a great attitude I
Mean I think if a lot of guys if they would have drove it the way he did probably would have been packing their locker up on Friday evening but he fought it out man and he had a chance to have a really good finish just struggled
A little bit but it’s it’s fun to watch him play but he obviously k a little wild off the tea but that short game is something special to watch um and he was great like had me involved on every single shot it was a lot of fun yeah fun
Being in the mix out there kudos to you playing the week weekend your first time out there I’m get I know look a lot of the narrative around the week is the fans how Rowdy it got look I’m there but I’m pretty disconnected from what actually happening on the golf course A
Lot of the time uh we’re going to get into it now but you being out there on the grounds for the entire week what do you think of kind of just the environment at the WM Phoenix Open yeah look I I played six of them I think and
Now Cad and I’m always out there like it’s it’s a it’s a wild event right it’s it’s supposed to be the craziest event on the PGA tour it’s so much fun it’s just unfortunate that a few people kind of ruin it for everyone um it got a
Little out of control like where I was for the most part like on Saturday when we played we were on the front nine before they shut the gates down and stopped selling booze so I didn’t get to see all the craziness there on the back down like when we came through there I
Think because they shut off the booze a lot of people left and so I didn’t have to all that the people were awesome that followed us like a lot of yelling a lot of energy for Jo um so it was great but there are those few I mean the guy jumping over the
Fence and going in the bunker on 16 I mean that’s just ridiculous like that stuff just can’t happen them I mean I heard they knocked over some fences were trying to steal beer when they cut it off I mean lady fell out of off over the
Railing some 20 30 feet down below it’s just like can we not just have a good time without being idiots yeah that’s a great question you know I’m getting a lot of messages from it I’ve talked to players some of whom said everything was fine some of whom said we need to
Tighten this this thing up but I think like the the overall consensus from the Thunderbirds like look nobody wants this thing to go better and go more smoothly than we do yes we were absolutely dealt a bad hand on Saturday and that led to a
Lot of it not it wasn’t the amount of people that we had through the gates cuz we’ve had numbers like that on Saturdays before it was that so much of that Golf Course was unusable from a standpoint of where people like to sit where they like
To gather all these slopes you look at like the right side of 18 there’s normally a ton of people up there there was nobody there cuz it was unusable it was just mud and all that’s coming from the rain which we never really have to deal with but then you also have the
Anyday passes that we sell and a lot of those passes get used on a Thursday or a Friday typically well this year the weather was [ __ ] so when did people show up they all showed up on Saturday and it’s the ga portion of the event that
Really I mean it leads to 95 plus perc of the problems we have a zero tolerance policy with anything with a like heckling if you get out of line if you’re saying stuff during people’s back swing that’s a big issue for me like do whatever you want just don’t do it while
They’re hitting right and we toss more people out than ever like we want this thing to run as smooth as humanly possible I mean as we speak Colt our president chance Cosby our tournament chairman next year Matt money are in LA right now meeting with the players of
Viso council going over like what can we do how can we make this better so I think things got a little out of hand on Saturday we’re going to make changes we’re going to adjust it we try to run the best tournament the wildest tournament but also keep it within the
Confines of like Controlled Chaos and I think there were things within our control and some that were a little bit out of our control that led to what we got on Saturday but at the same time like there’s plus thousand people out there the amount of actual terrible
Incidents that took place are minimal it’s just the problem is all of those get filmed all those go straight to social media and they all get posted and go viral and then it’s like this entire place is a complete circus which isn’t the case but there are some bad apples
Out there that that mess it up for everyone so we’re going to take some steps next year to hopefully uh tighten that up and have a a little bit less of the [ __ ] that goes on out there yeah 98% of the people are great they’re out there having a great time having some
Cocktails yelling which is great I mean like like like I said when Joel walked on a te box it was just awesome every single time the place went nuts but you just got those ones that are trying to you know interrupt play um being rude and personal to the players it’s just
There’s no place for it I mean when you piss Zach Johnson off I mean you’ve definitely done something wrong he’s the nicest guy on the planet he’s not going to say anything to anyone and you saw him trying to you know basically figure out who was heckling him and get up in
Their face and there’s just no place for that I mean what happened with Billy H show the guy yelling I think it was O’s back swing like that stuff just can’t happen like go out there have fun but respect the players man this is their job yeah and it’s like I said it’s
Mostly the general admission stuff it’s like so many people show up with all their boys like yo we’re going to 16 well unless you get out there at 4 in the morning you ain’t getting on to 16 so then they get out there they can’t get to 16 they’re like all right let’s
Go over to whole six or let’s go over to whole five and make that our own little 16 and they try to create that same sort of vibe where it used to be like let’s keep all that stuff confined to 16 you can do anything you want that’s kind of
You everybody knows that going in but it’s spilled over into other parts of the golf courses and we’re going to do we’re going to take some measures we’re already talking about it to try to tighten that up um for the next year so Saturday got a little bit loose all in
All given the weather uh which is I mean dude how many days a year do we get like that in in Phoenix two and they just happen to come during the Phoenix Open like we it created some challenges for the entire week all in all okay but
Definitely uh we just want to make sure the players the players are happy and that everyone is like safe those are basically the two rules keep the players happy because we need them to come back and want to play and we need there to not be any incidents like health-wise um
And it shouldn’t be that hard but there’s a couple of idiots out there that mess it up for everyone but we want to stay the Phoenix Open we want to stay the rowdiest best party on the PJ tour so we’ll we’ll tighten up a couple things going
Forward yeah I know y’all will CH you got a great leader chance Cosby um it’ll it’ll get better we just need to you know like you said get rid of the few bad apples out there but the atmosphere is unbelievable I know the players love
It as long as it doesn’t cross the line like I play with Shane Lowry he’s like I told my buddi he’s like they they got to come over here next year like I’ll rent them a house and everything it is just incredible to see I even Shane said how
Cool would a Ryder Cup be at TBC Scottdale like that I was like it would be amazing you’d have to push it back a little bit but the atmosphere is just unmatched it’s it’s really cool I had a great week out there got a thank Taylor
Again for letting him let me caddy for him and then made a lot of caddies jealous out there sleev with my hat deal from local IQ got to got to thank those boys over there that was really cool of them to to do that for me but what a
Great week it’s it’s one of those ones you know it’s it’s so much fun but honestly you’re kind of glad when it’s over because it that’s exhausting yeah dude and uh apologies to everyone listening we’re day late on this part of that was cuz travel schedule part of
That cuz we’re dying uh my voice is a lot better today than it was yesterday and we run into this every week but it it’s it’s a bucket list item dude I mean I’m out there on 16 meeting tons of people throughout the week we got people
Rolling in from Japan Korea and name it like across the world they’re like this has been a bucket list for me I’ve always wanted to see 16 at the Phoenix Open it’s like we want it to remain that without it getting too crazy and without driving players crazy and all that stuff
So if we can just eliminate the handful of idiots out there kind of messing it up for everyone um it’ll continue to be the best party on grass yeah it’s so much fun man but we’re on to the Genesis Invitational this week Le it’s awesome to be out here
At Rivier Country Club loaded field just 70 guys 50 50 man cut unless you’re within 10 shots of the lead as well uh but the big news Tiger Woods is back in his Sunday Red Clothing line U just saw him actually walk by just a little bit
Ago looks pretty damn good walk looks good heard from guys on the ground he played nine holes this morning swing looked pretty good um so I’m I’m fired up for Tiger to be here this is one of the best tournaments on the p tour and
It’s going to be a great week yeah I mean just to have tiger back you know I’m reading things and talking to people and we’re talking about expectations can he finish in the top 20 can he make the cut can he do whatever I’m like dude who
Cares like he’s playing and he’s playing before the Masters hopefully we get to see him maybe a couple more times before the Masters like he’s back playing and to like expect great Golf out of him having not played an official start since last year’s Masters like my
Expectations are very low for Tiger I just hope that he plays this week I would love to see him around for the weekend which I think is very realistic and then hopefully we can see him a few more times cuz if we actually want him to play somewhat of a factor in these
Major championships dude you can’t do it just showing up and playing those against the best players in the world that are polished tight playing every single week it’s just it’s too heavy of a lift even for Tiger yep I I agree get a few tournaments in before Augusta and uh
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Beautiful all the players are rolling around in their courtesy cars I’m on the Range here right now it’s a beautiful day watching these guys stripe it except for Taylor’s over here grinding shocking hitting drivers all over the place as usual luckily they got a fence out there
For the kid you know what I mean if he hits it over the fence we got a problem but this is one of the best events on the tour like I said I’m fired up for this week love this golf course even though it beat my ass every time I
Played it but um it’s G be a lot of fun and our guest this week is actually playing in the proam on Wednesday we got one of the most badass women on the planet Lydia Co joins us on subpar here she is all right our next guest here today
Will make everyone feel very insecure about their life accomplishments she became the number one golf in the world at the ripe old age of 17 she’s racked up 28 wins already as a professional including two major titles and is only one point shy of qualifying for the all
Of Fame at the age of 26 Lydia Co is in the house Lydia good to be with you thanks for having me yeah thank you so much for joining us um great playing this past week at the Hilton Grand Vacations tournament I know it’s not the
Result you wanted ended up losing in a playoff to Nelly Corda but tell us a little bit about last week and what it’s been like you know trying obviously you need one point to get in the Hall of Fame like Drew said but what’s it been like this past week playing with all
That on the line yeah um you know I actually got my first win in over a year uh at L Nona the Tournament of Champions and uh it was just nice to be um you know back in the winter Circle and to be able to play the week after was
Definitely good momentum and not feel like it was a oneoff um you know to back off a win with you know a good round on the first day and you know actually even going down the 15th 16th hole I didn’t realize I was still in it uh I hadn’t
Really seen what the leaderboard uh was like and um you know I made a really good uh Eagle on 17 to you know set myself a good opportunity um you know obviously did you know hard to you know lose in a playoff you know three putting um but in saying that Nelly played
Amazing you know she went Eagle birdie uh to you know for us to both go in the playoffs so it was kind of I think it was just a lot of great golf um you know I I obviously you wish that the result was you know my way around but you know
I felt like know I didn’t lose and you know and Nelly was just the better player at the end of the day yeah we’re not gambling guys here Lydia but if I were to place a wager I’d probably put the uh money down on you getting into
The Hall of Fame here very shortly whether it’s next week or however long from now but with you know we’re talking about it you’re aware of it the the media talks about it every single week how hard is it to go out on a given week and like not think about it because
Pretty much people are going to talk about it until it happens um to be honest uh you know it’s been like talked about since uh you know 2022 I had such a good year and I was able to get Five Points um just within that that year and
Like being in the Hall of Fame was uh you know is obviously uh awesome and you know it’s not many ladies that you know in in the Hall of Fame so to think that I could be potentially one of those names in there um it’s it’s a huge honor
But I actually feel more comfortable being one point away than two uh I think when I was two points away I felt like you know it was close but still like two winds away or two of something away and but now that I’m just one point away I
Feel like you know if I keep working on the right things um hopefully that opportunity will come again what’s what’s your career been like for you I mean you’re 26 years old you’re so young but we’ve been watching you play golf at the professional level for 11 years like
That’s just insane to me but do you still love it teing up and competing as much as you did back when you were 15 and got your first win on the lpj tour yeah um you know I I enjoy the journey um and I’ve definitely had my own you
Know ups and downs um and I’ve had spans where I had hadn’t won in like three years and then years where I won m times in a season so I I’ve been I’m very grateful of my career and you know I came on tour uh at uh a younger age and
You know I feel like by now I should be at least in my 30s being my 11th year on tour but you know I’m only uh 26 and um golf has just given me a lot of uh opportunities and you know opportunities to meet just great people as well so
It’s uh it sometimes I want to pull my hair out cuz you know we all know what what golf can do to us uh but it’s given me a lot and I think it’s helped me grow as not only an athlete but a person yeah and I mean obviously both of us played
Professional golf we know what the life’s like it it’s not all glor not all glamorous like a lot of people think it is for you personally what’s your least favorite part about professional golf um I think just like playing like every day is uh like you H you face the result
And like every day you’re under the scrutiny or like um uh like I guess it’s just very result bias like what even if it’s a practice day or a tournament day um I’m sure that is the case in other situations as well but for golf like depending on how your
Round went like that is a complete evaluation of um you know what your performance was like there’s no real lying about like how good it was and or how bad it was and I think just sometimes being always in that um position of being evaluated I think is
Difficult and you know we all have you know our ups and downs and we’re trying to manage it you know make sure that the roller coaster is not like too high and low uh but I think that is to me the I think the most difficult part not only
Physically but mentally yeah that’s well said and luckily for you there haven’t been a whole lot of lows on that roller coaster but I want to ask you this question because there’s just not many people in the world of golf that you can ask this to when you’ve won 28 times as
A professional what do the celebrations look like like do you still get excited like dude I’ve done this 27 other times like let’s go home and go to bed um I mean it’s I I don’t drink so um no alcohol is involved uh like even my
Last win our team just got like Turkish food to go and had it had it at my house um but yeah it’s I think every win is special in its own way and even like to me um like winning the silver and bronze medal at the Olympics those were also
Like a win as well so it’s I think really hard to say like which win was more special so I celebrated it a little bit differently but no if for me I think it’s um like who is there with me at that time you know whether it’s my mom like
My family members or my team I think they are what makes that a little bit more special and more celebratory but I’m not really the most fun outgoing person so I keep it um very uh boring I guess I might be why you win so much too
Say exactly if one of us win something we party for a month oh dude I’m still celebrating stuff but you you mentioned the Olympics you you’ve got the silver medal in 16 the bronze in 21 how important is the Olympics to you because obviously it’s it’s kind of new for the
Game of golf it it happened way back in the day but for us it’s very new and obviously we celebrate major championships and really focus on those but for the Olympics uh how important is that yeah I think when um golf was announced to be back in the Olympics uh
For the first time in over a hundred years for the the re 16 Rio Olympics um I I think my biggest goal was to make sure that I was there and to be able to represent my country and at that time I was the number one ranked player in the
World so I uh and the woman’s side so I felt like I was playing with a lot of expectations so um there was just a lot going on in Rio but in uh in Tokyo I actually think I was able to just enjoy the experience a little bit more and
Kind of take in you know what it actually is like to play in the Olympics um I joke all the time that I might not be a great athlete but I am an Olympian um and I am very proud to you know have represented New Zealand uh in the last
Two Olympics and I’m uh I’m excited and hopeful to be able to represent New Zealand again in Paris who’s the coolest athlete outside of golf you gotten a meet in your two Olympic experiences you know I actually um didn’t stay in the village both times um so I didn’t get to
Meet a lot of athletes you know walk by um you know a few like in the one day that I was there but for me I think just the really coolest bit was uh in Rio um cuz other athletes uh could come and watch us play I think over 20 New
Zealand Olympians came and watched me play on the final day and a couple of them had actually won Gold uh medals in their Sports um so I I remember them actually coming with their gold medal to come watch me play and I think on those
Final few holes when I saw them like all around you know with our team uniform and our flag I think that was just the coolest part of like being in the olymp like Olympian Club that’s awesome what a cool experience I know you’re probably looking forward to this year in Paris on
The PJ tour recently Nick Dunlap one as an Amer and everybody made a massive deal out of it you know he’s 20 years old blah blah BL blah you went on the LPGA when you were 15 so when you saw him do this were you kind of like huh that’s that’s kind of
Cute well um I actually don’t like follow like a lot of golf but um I had actually seen him play at you know other um you know events before and it was that week was the same as our first week back so I was actually watching his
Highlight I really love his swing and um um you know I felt like even though he may have been like the underdog you know the guy that um obviously could like make history but like wasn’t really expected to win um but the way like he finished and even you know the up and
Down he made on last to to win by one I thought was really cool and you know a win is um special you could be on tour for more than 10 years and your win comes like on your 11th or you know you’re thinking of retiring and then
Your first one comes in so it’s just I think it doesn’t matter how old you are I think it’s special and obviously that was you know a ticket and maybe an opportunity for him to turn pro so it’s I think he’s definitely a player to watch definitely a player to watch he’s
Got a few more to go to uh catch up to where you were by the age of 20 but Lydia go back to that grant thoron that you got to play and you and Jason day ended up winning the deal you there’s been a lot of talks for a while now like
Combining PGA Tour lpj tour players getting an event like that I know you had a great experience of course cuz you won but in your opinion would you like to see more of that less of that the same what’s your take on all that I
Honestly loved it um like Co I went to the golf course on Tuesday and just to see like some of the players that I literally had seen on like PG tour highlights was just really cool um I had personally never played or met Jason before so I was was very nervous to um
Meet him but you know everybody that knew him like said he’s just like the nicest guy so uh like that made me feel a little bit more comfortable but I was nervous during our practice round and honestly I came off that round thinking like oh my God I made like such a mess
You know I just embarrassed myself but he was you know such a good sport and um you know asked me so many questions to make me more feel more comfortable and I think because of the way like he approached um you know me and uh the partnership I thought it like made
My uh experience more fun and comfortable and you know he was just so awesome to play with and you know every single player that I played with uh was just so like great that I think I became a bigger fan of golf in general and I
Became a bigger fan of like our tour players as well like go and um playing alongside the men so I really do hope that this um you know not only this Invitational but maybe some other opportunities you know come along it might not be in my generation but I
Think this is just great for golf for you know the best golfers to come together and kind of showcase the talent yeah I think events like this are definitely going to help grow the game I mean a lot more money is being put into the women’s game which is great great to
See so the LPGA is definitely on the way up but you live in Lake Nona a lot of PGA Tour players a lot of LPGA Tour players live in the Orlando area are you one that do you play a lot your off weeks and if so who do you normally play with at
Home um yeah you know I’m very lucky that you know we have a bunch of tour players here um you know on the lpj side uh you know play with Lindy Duncan or Lanna Maguire NASA Hoka um and for us this not like we like we’ll randomly
Book T times and go like hey do you want to play so I think that’s a great thing um about like all of us kind of living in the area is that we’re just flexible and we’re all kind of around so we can kind of go with the flow and um you know
And the men’s I I’ll play with uh Ben on and know he he Stripes it so sometimes it’s kind of unbelievable to hit the ball that far and that high and that straight so um he I really love playing with him look when I was out on tour like my
Favorite day was Tuesday to get out there with the guys and have some action do some gambling during the practice rounds out on the lpj tour is there any is there any games during the Tuesday practice rounds um I’ve actually seen other players do it whether it’s like a
Birdie game um you know in nine holes uh and I’ve seen girls like and I have played some uh you know during off weeks but I I think it’s like pretty seldom like during tournament week but I I have seen other players do it or even uh like
Amongst the Cades as well um but for me I’m kind of like okay I’ll play around like 12: to 2 or like somewhere in the afternoon so it’s like kind of like hard for me to like schedule something in advance with with somebody else you and S would be great playing partn figure
Out perfect go out 2:30 play 600 or S probably get a good feel for it you know what I mean let’s not get exhausted before we go out there lady I got one more like serious question I want to get to ask you some personal stuff as well
But this also feels kind of weird to ask somebody given your age right now but given all you’ve accomplished you could still have 20 plus more years of world class golf ahead of you if you choose do you have Ambitions to do that and to play that
Long um to be honest no I think when I was younger I said I want to retire when I’m 30 and now that I’m inching closer to 30 I’m like four years is still a long time from now um I’m honestly taking it by the day and
Taking it by the week and you know when that happens you’re almost like the middle of the year and then you’re done with the majors and all that so I don’t really have like a certain I think um date when I want to retire and I think
For every like every single player I think until that moment comes you really don’t know like I could say 30 or like 28 but who knows I could play to like 35 and that’s the beauty of golf is that as long as we’re like healthy and fit we
Can really do this for a long time and um age is like maybe not as relevant uh as in sports like swimming or other other sports so yeah I think um you know it’s it’s very I I don’t really know when but I do feel like I’m definitely
Pass the halfway point in my career all right all right some big news here from subpar we have officially launched our own YouTube page make sure to subscribe at golf subpar on YouTube check out this week’s video uh like subscribe do all the stuff Colt we got some cool behind
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Maybe like during the off season you put the clubs away for a little bit what is Lydia enjoy doing um I love eating nice same yeah I love eating and that’s why I work out so I can eat um sometimes my goals of like how I want my physic to be does not
Match with what I’m putting in my body so um my trainer has you know a much more difficult task uh but yeah I honestly like um I think in my time off I don’t really like to travel that much you know try and be home as much as I can and know I
I love cooking and just just being home and kind of not having to wake up to an alarm and just you know not get paranoid that I’m going to make it to like a 7:30 tea time or something and just kind of go with the flow I like it a lot of good
Answers should we get to the E9 all I got what I want to ask you this just cuz you said you feel like you’re past the halfway point there will be a time where golf probably isn’t you know your Prim AR focus in life if the game of if you
Woke up tomorrow and the game of golf ceased to exist and you got to pick your dream job what would you want to do oh like two things maybe yeah one a chef and two would be a lawyer oh oh that’s okay well you didn’t go to college and
That requires a lot of college yeah it’s I think like very opposite side of the spectrum I think like a chef is like I love uh I’m always interested in like the culinary world so I think um like I I’ve seen chefs and I’m friends with a couple chefs that I’m
Like wow like it’s like art um and to be able to like make it make the food uh you know not only beautiful but like match to other like so many people’s palettes I think is incredible cuz for me it’s just it’s difficult even to make
It like taste good for me me and my husband um so I think a chef and lawyer I don’t know there’s like something about like you know the law and um it could be just like you know a TV series that I’ve seen that makes it like look
Cool but uh I think those two be uh really cool do you have a specialty dish um it would be just something Korean um my mom cooks a lot of Korean food at home so that’s what I’m used to cooking and um um I think my husband has
Kind of got uh has been unfortunate at times in being uh the the guinea pig to my exp uh my experiments um but he’s been such a good sport and says like it’s good most of the times uh so yeah just something Korean I think smart man
Yeah smart man very wise very wise let’s get to the N Lydia this is fun nine fun questions to get to know you just a little better and we ask this to everyone you can be anybody else for a day anyone in the history of time you
Get to walk in their shoes for a day who would it be oh anybody in the history wow that’s I would want to be my mom okay that’s a first because she like she pretty much does everything um for me she sacrificed a lot and put
In a lot of time like for me and my my career um you know apart from literally hitting the golf ball like she does everything so um I think I would love to just be in this in her shoes and actually like kind of understand the things that I’ve like taken for granted
As just being the daughter and um understand like what it’s like like just being in her shoes and having to deal with me beautiful love that first time answer we’ve had mom as an answer on here all right I like that um I referenced to Grant thoron earlier with
Jason day which you guys want but he does have a new look since the last time you two played together give us a breakdown the Lydia Co breakdown of Jason Day’s new sense of fashion I think he looks younger he looks uh younger obviously he’s worn
Like kind of the um like f Leisure where the last uh few years um with multiple different companies so it’s definitely a different look but I think he looks fashionable and I think we’ve all seen how much golf fashion has changed over the years um so it’s really cool that
He’s you know um rocking that look and I mean I’m pretty sure Jason can pull off like most things he lost the beard too there’s I don’t recommend that a little younger Colts about to do it too looks really young yeah yeah little baby face under there we forgotten about all right
Next one best nickname anyone has ever given you H shrimp who gave you shrimp um I well that was actually from my teammates um in uh at my province in New Zealand um we’re under uh North Harbor and we would go to into provincials and all that and I was the
Youngest one and the smallest one so uh they called me uh shrimp and then as I got like a little bigger they said maybe we need like call you King prawn or something King prawn King prawn I heard Sean Foley called you baby goat yes yeah
Um I don’t know if I deserve that but Sean has always you know been so supportive and and sweet and he’ll still like text me that occasionally um so very honored especially from you know somebody like him that’s a good one I like baby goat baby goat’s good baby
Goat’s good especially coming from Sean um all right Lydia according to virtually every human we’ve ever spoken to about you you are the nicest human in the history of the world but if you had to name one bad thing about you or your worst personality trait what would you
Say it is me I don’t think I’m not that nice I I can name so many ladies on tour that’s like way nicer than me I mean like look at Brooke Henderson she’s like a walking angel um uh me I I can name like a lot of
Things bad about myself um I think I have a a short temper and um I kind of take word for word when somebody’s like saying like something negative about me so yeah I’m not the most like open-minded heart person we have everyone around you fooled then because dude there’s nothing there’s nothing
Different all right next one you won the Canadian open on the LPGA Tour twice as an Amer you would have won 300 Grand each time but instead it went to the person that finished second so I want to know who gave you the better thank you gift MB park or Karen AER
Um neither oh bad form ladies neither um but I actually didn’t play with uh I didn’t play with neither one of them I think in um the final round of both of those championships um and obviously I’m just literally a 15 16 year old kid like let going there uh you
Know just to get the experience of playing alongside these ladies but after I’ve been on tour um mb’s just mb’s been great I’ve played her uh Team event that she um held in Korea and Karine and and her husband and her family are are great too so I’ve I’ve got um no complaints
But I mean it’s kind of like I don’t know who exactly came second to Nick Dunlap but like I don’t know if they he that player would have El have done something it’s just it’s a it’s a unusual situation well they should you made them over 150 Grand more and
Christian bazen hoo actually finished second to Nick Dunlap so I’m going to make sure he takes care of Nick for that cuz that was more .5 mil yeah that’s a watch or something yeah you got to get something they’re probably not going to give it to you now given the trajectory
That you’ve been on but I feel like something was warranted at the time uh all right next one from me Lydia have you ever seen an athlete give a member of the media the interview Yips the way you did with Jerry fultz back in 2022 um no and honestly I didn’t think
It would like startle him like that and um it was I mean I don’t know like you know as an athlete I I think you never want to be like shown as you’re injured like if you’re actually not injured like if you’re um I think just being
Transparent is like the best way to go and I wasn’t injured and I just needed some stretching and um you know some you know adjustments because of that time of the month and I honestly think like that is what every female I has to deal with
And um you know some it hits people like to like I guess different intensities but to me like it got me and I just was being honest and I honestly didn’t think it would um catching that off guard uh and I felt bad to Jerry because he’s you
Know he’s great he’s just a you know great person and awesome at what he does and I was like oh I was just telling the truth Jerry is one of the best he is I mean I’ve never seen him speechless before that was an awesome moment yeah
Honestly that’s all we ask for you got it jar it was fantastic um all right next one we’ve seen several ladies te it up on the PGA tour Lexi Thompson recently did it in Vegas if you could pick one PGA Tour event to Tee It Up In which one would it be oh
Um I would have said uh the CJ cup originally if if it was in Korea um because when it was played there it was actually played in JJ Island um which is where my family my parents are from so it would have literally been like a home
Hometown like event um in front of the Korean golf fans which we all know you know Koreans love golf and um I think that would have been probably the coolest thing but I I know for a fact that um I I would probably very very highly likely not uh make it to the
Weekend but it just be an awesome experience just to even teed it up so that’s something you would entertain if the opportunity was there uh probably not but I am actually playing uh the prom at the Genesis Invitational in a couple weeks and um I am nervous for
That just even for the pram and I am excited and kind of nervous uh what Pro I’m going to be paired out with oh that’s awesome and it’s Riviera one of the best golf courses in the world you’ll love it yeah I’ve I’ve never been there and I’m super excited
To to go and I was hoping like maybe I can play with like Ben or Jason like somebody that I know but like whoever it is uh you know I’m excited to be able to like see and actually watch and learn as well there is a chance this tiger fella
Might be playing that’d be pretty fun except TT’s off at like 6:30 in the prams each morning yeah I think I’d be too nervous for that um I I might uh I actually think I might have to take something for my nerves before teeing it up if I was
Playing with him that’s awesome yep that’s a big big arena there all right my last one Lydia we used to ask this to everyone but I’m bringing it back in your honor let’s say there’s a movie being made about the life of Lydia Co what actress would you like to play you
Oh wow oh Um I really like the Korean American um actress and Graz Nat Sandra o yeah yeah I know you’re talking about I don’t know last in like other series as well and just because I’m obviously Korean descent and like that’s her Roots as well I think that would be you know
Really cool for somebody like her to play me and my my just uh very everyday life that’s awesome you can work on that when you go out to LA yeah boom all right last one you mentioned you live in Orlando at Lake Nona do you think the
People that you bought the house from gave you such a good deal because they wanted to get the hell away from a person that lives right down the road from you named Frank [Laughter] you know um I when I actually first moved I did realized that Frank and
Selena were literally three houses down and um I our street is awesome you know we have Australian neighbors and then obviously Frank uh who who’s from New Zealand so you know I’m glad that they sold um this house to us and uh I said our street is the best Street in Lake Nona
So I’m uh accompanied by Legends okay see this is I I did not want this to go this way at all I was want you to hate all over Frank Nao what kind of neighbor is Frank uh you know I’ve actually never seen him on a golf course and I’ve only
Seen him on a tennis court um you know because I’ll go work out or I played some tennis uh during covid and he plays a lot of tennis but um he’s they’re great they invited me over and I had dinner at their place and it’s just
Awesome that you know there like a kiwi living on the same street in Orlando which is literally one of the furthest cities from New Zealand uh you know within the United States he is he’s not that big a deal in New Zealand is he he
Is just say no just say no we’ll clip this he is um you know golf is like growing a lot in New Zealand and I think Co was actually one of the peak times where it did like keep developing and like just the general amount of membership uh increased as well and um
But before then there weren’t really like that many like names uh especially in golf because New Zealand is more known for like rugby and cricket and netball and and other like water sports or Athletics um but Frank is definitely a name that we all know uh and I
I I love that he’s my neighbor even though like I might see him more often on TV than actually in real life that’s awesome well Lydia this has been great thank you so much for joining us congrats on all the success and go get that last point you need to get in the
Hall of Fame thank you I’ll try my best thanks again for having me thank you Lydia all right that was Lydia Co joining us on golf subar just one point away from making the Hall of Fame and she’s only 26 years old incredible looked like she was going to do it just
Recently and just missed out losing in that playoff but man what an unbelievable player she is yeah and shout out to her for actually coming on and doing this interview we’d had this set up and it was the day after uh that playoff lost to Nelly quter where she
Was potentially could have you know earned her way into the Hall of Fame right there and it didn’t happen and then she still agreed to come on so Props her for doing that I mean when you really break it down and look at her age like one of the only players in the
World that can make Nick Dunlap look like a late bloomer it’s been unreal and I thought talking to her about what are your Ambitions how late do you want to play you know what do you chase after you potentially achieve the Hall of Fame at such a young age man she’s she also
Was thrust into the spotlight at such a young age col and one of the like few I would say that’s handled it extremely extremely well that ain’t easy when you’re living in a fishbowl at that age and all of a sudden you got money and
The whole world opens up to you even a guy like myself I might have made some bad decisions with that I tell you the the worst break she got was Frank Nao being one of her neighbors good Lord I would move so fast get the hell out of
There but love the nickname too um she said her favorite one was shrimp I like baby goat what Sean Foley called her I think that’s hilarious but really cool to sit down and talk with her and you know learn a lot more about the LPGA as
Well yeah yeah it’s fun to have her on we don’t get to have a ton of LPGA uh girls on but when we do it’s fun especially when you get one of the best in the world in Lydia Co and she’s going to continue to be that and I know
There’s a little delay on her getting that last Point into the Hall of Fame but that thing’s coming sooner than than later yeah I’m fairly confident if I can bet it right now I’m GNA go ahead and bet yes she’s going to make the Hall of
Fame well I hopefully it pays off better than your Super Bowl bet he took the ners I was on the Chiefs I guess 28 24 I was close but uh the under just hit for some guys some guys got a push out at 47
A lot of people had it at 47 and a half that was dirty I had ners and over and got the greasiest push in the history on the 47 but I still remain like winless for the last I mean dude I cannot win a single thing I’m such an idiot like I
Said I’ll never bet against Patrick Mahomes again as an underdog I go and do it uh I am also as terrible as I’ve been betting it’s sad to see football go got a long stretch before that college football season starts up man it’s tragic man but what a game that first
Half was so boring and then the second half and overtime unbelievable uh finally an exciting Super Bowl that was a lot of fun sorry um your bet didn’t pay out but let’s see if we get win this we at the Genesis Invitational um like I said a loaded field just 70 guys um
Surprise surprise Scotty Sheffer is the favorite um and but coming off a rough week we only made a half million last week yeah it’s tough I don’t know about that gas money that Suburban that thing that thing guzzles you know what I mean and I I mean he puted pretty well early
In the week but I mean he had three short misses there on the back nine on the final round or else he’s might want have won that thing for the third time in a row dude it’s just a joke how good he is TJ green right now all right well
Let’s get to some picks I’m going to go with a guy as my favorite who I know loves this place he’s an LA guy um has had a really nice record here in the few times he’s played and he’s going off at 18 to one coming off a nice week off
Where probably got some rest and have to deal with playing all those holes in a short amount of time give me Colin morawa at 181 yeah I like that and I think there is something to the guys that didn’t play this past week that was a grind of a week physically for all
Them I’m picking a guy that also didn’t play last week and I might sound like a broken record cuz I’m going to keep picking this guy as long as his odds are where they are 20 to one ludvig o Berg by the way is how you pronounce his name
Last two starts Ninth at Farmers runner up at Pebble I don’t need to go over the same things he drives it like a god he irons it great he does everything good it’s a perfect big yard for him and in good form right now and fresh give me
Ludig what yard isn’t good for him none there are zero yards that I will pick and say I don’t like this for ludvic yeah unbelievable the guy is an absolute stud um pretty good idea for Joe SC to pick that bag up that was smart that was
Very smart all right for my Dark Horse 60 to one probably one of my top five favorite players on the PGA tour he’s hilarious I love following him give me the man see woo Kim oh just a beautiful beautiful so much beautiful just such a beautiful bestman you can’t not love seu
The world needs more uh of SEIU I like that pick good odds too I’m going to go a little further down the board Colt to a new Scottdale resident he’s going off at 90 to1 he had a six at the farmers 14th at Pebble he’s a Southern
California kid on top of all that putting the hell out of the ball right now off to a pretty good start but I think his time is coming whether it’s this week or later this year I think he’s going to pick one off give me boow
Hustler the big bow the bow show bow show we were paired with him last week first two days uh good golfer yeah a good golf for the ball it is coming he can roll his Rock um these greens can get a little tricky if they get bumpy
But yeah Bose’s first win is coming I I I like that pick a lot and I like this tournament a lot I can’t wait for the Genesis Invitational to get going but we’re out of here SLE we’ll talk to you next week’s Subpar sh
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