Golfer Lydia Ko, who earned exemption to join LPGA Tour at 16, signs with IMG
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Lydia Ko, who earned an exemption to join the LPGA Tour in October as a 16-year-old, has signed with management company IMG.
Born in South Korea and raised in New Zealand, Ko is already No. 4 in the rankings and won the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters last week in Taiwan in her second start as a professional.
She won the Women's Canadian Open at 15 last year to become the youngest winner in tour history and defended the title this year.
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Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie are among the golfers represented by IMG.
Guy Kinnings, global head of golf at IMG, says in a statement on Thursday that Ko "is an incredibly impressive young lady and an astonishing player."