{"id":14660,"date":"2026-06-03T21:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/14660\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:23:13","slug":"womens-us-open-golf-dame-lydia-ko-has-chance-to-overtake-annika-sorenstam-on-money-list-at-riviera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/14660\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s US Open golf: Dame Lydia Ko has chance to overtake Annika Sorenstam on money list at Riviera"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI think I\u2019ve won a decent amount having 23, but 70-something is a completely different level than what I\u2019ve done,\u201d Ko said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re playing in a different generation right now. You win CME [Tour Championship] and you get $3m. Jeeno [Thitikul] has played two [Tour Championship] tournaments and has won $6m-plus. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cool to be compared to that record and hopefully surpass it at some point, but it\u2019s very hard to compare because we are playing for a lot more money than she did back in that day. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, the win count is probably a bit more meaningful. Not that the money isn\u2019t meaningful. We\u2019re very grateful we get to play for a lot more money and the last few majors has been like a $1m purse increase starting in LA, so it\u2019s very exciting for the women\u2019s game, but record-wise, I just feel I\u2019m like an ant and she\u2019s, I don\u2019t know what the biggest bug or living thing is, but she\u2019s that.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ko\u2019s best performance at a US Open came in 2016 when she finished second. She also claimed outright third in 2014 and finished in a tie for 10th in 2019. She has two top-20 finishes at the tournament since then, including a tie for 12th last year. <\/p>\n

With Riviera also set to host the Olympic Games field in 2028, Ko said the week ahead shaped up as a good test for how that might play out, as there would be some players in the US Open field who would feature in that tournament. <\/p>\n

Asked if she thought she would be one of them, the 2024 gold medallist was quick to say no.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I would be really excited for is there\u2019s a mixed teams component. I love team play. I really don\u2019t get that opportunity much in the year … that would be the only thing that I will be very jealous that I\u2019m not a part of. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut who knows, I could be a part of it in a different place rather than just competing. I do take pride in competing for New Zealand in the Olympics and I really do hope I can be a part of it somehow in some shape or form but no, three Olympics and that stress was enough.\u201d <\/p>\n

Christopher Reive<\/a> joined the Herald sports team in 2017, bringing the same versatility to his coverage as he does to his sports viewing habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI think I\u2019ve won a decent amount having 23, but 70-something is a completely different level than what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6188,1015,6186,2013,6191,6182,768,2510,6195,44,6185,6184,2069,5318,6183,6192,6193,1360,621,625,1849,6187,2268,6194,6189,478,623,278,6190,1748,3801],"class_list":["post-14660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-annika","tag-at","tag-chance","tag-club","tag-country","tag-dame","tag-event","tag-first","tag-fronts","tag-golf","tag-has","tag-ko","tag-list","tag-lpga","tag-lydia","tag-make","tag-milestone","tag-money","tag-on","tag-open","tag-opportunity","tag-overtake","tag-riviera","tag-several","tag-sorenstam","tag-to","tag-tours","tag-us","tag-visit","tag-week","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}