Jin Younger Ko isn’t a stranger to accidents. The South Korean LPGA Tour Professional had battled with a nasty wrist damage again in 2021, to not point out the issue together with her knee final 12 months. The golfer had additionally been affected by a bit of little bit of ache on her shoulders initially of 2024. However there isn’t a want for any worries now, seeing as how she appears to be completely advantageous.
The skilled was noticed in an interview after the second spherical of play on the KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship mentioning the identical. She was queried on the standing of her shoulder to which Ko swiftly revealed how she was presently pain-free on the ongoing main championship earlier than including a sassy comment!
Jin Younger Ko comes out candid on her shoulder damage
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“I don’t have injury right now,” responded the golfer within the post-round interview earlier than divulging how she had a slight downside together with her shoulder earlier within the 12 months. Jin Younger Ko was additionally posed with the query of how lengthy she has been “pain-free” to which the professional replied, “Just two or three weeks. Not bad.” The 28-year-old quickly adopted the reply with a cheeky touch upon how she’s “getting old.”
She actually does appear to have recovered from her accidents seeing as how the professional managed to complete tied for T3 after the second spherical on the ongoing main championship in Sahalee Nation Membership. Ko is presently tied with the likes of Hinako Shibuno and Lexi Thompson at 4-under after carding 72-68 over the 2 days.
The 28-year-old athlete, curiously, made a comeback to the game this 12 months on the 2024 Honda LPGA Thailand earlier than which she had withdrawn from the 2023 CME Group Tour Championship. She did so all because of an damage she suffered throughout the 2023 version of the ANNIKA pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican. The unlucky setback triggered some ache in her leg throughout the fifth gap on Thursday following which she determined to put on a knee brace forward of the Tour Championship.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 23: Jin Younger Ko of South Korea performs her shot on the second tee throughout the third spherical of the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open held at Wilshire Nation Membership on April 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Meg Oliphant/Getty Photos)
However as destiny would have it, the golfer was pressured to drag after ending simply half of the event. Come June 2024, the athlete seems to be completely wholesome all of the whereas aiming for the winner’s minimize on the main championship. And she or he has each probability to get it, particularly after seeing how she managed to win on the LPGA Tour prior to now whereas sporting a wrist damage!
Ko and her exceptional report regardless of accidents
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The 2020 and 2021 editions of the CME Group Tour Championship noticed Jin Younger Ko rising victorious and efficiently defending her title respectively regardless of being riddled with an ailment on her wrists. She registered an 18-under 270 in 2020 whereas carding a 23-under 265 the next 12 months to clinch the titles.
Quick ahead to 2023. Though she began off the 12 months with the identical wrist damage, Jin Younger Ko was in a position to win two extra instances within the circuit on the HSBC Girls’s World Championship and the Cognizant Founders Cup. Properly, the sphere on the 2024 KPMG Girls’s PGA Championship certain does have a tricky weekend forward of them seeing as how they might be going through an damage and pain-free LPGA Tour Professional this time round.
