Lydia Ko looks like record breaking machine.

She won first professional golf tournament in Australia at tender
age of 14 and record breaking(youngest) LPGA win in Canadian
Open was at the age of 15 years 4months 2days.

She also won another professional golf Tournment last month
in Taiwan(KLPGA) and that was happened at 2nd tournament
as a pro.

Her potential is unlimited,I think and it is quite interesting to see
her development in next few years.

Good luck!  Lydia!     KJ
 

Ever since Mike Whan(1965~)took over as a commisioner of LPGA in 2010
he has done remarkable job. LPGA has been expanded steadily each year
and comparing to 2013 the number of tournaments(28 to 32),total purse
(48.8 to 56.3millions),average purse(1.74 to 1.76millions)were increased.

Most increasing number of tournaments was in North America(18 to 21)
comparing to Asia (8 to 9).

All 32 tournaments supposed to be televised in 2014.

Tournaments of LPGA has been totally dominated in recent year by Asian
players especially Korean players,which has been good to Korean fans like
me,but to me American players need to be winning more to get popularity back.

Here is LPGA schedule of 2014    KJ

2014 LPGA Schedule

Jan. 23-26: Pure Silk Bahamas Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Feb. 13-16: ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, Victoria, Australia
Feb. 20-23: Honda LPGA Thailand, Chonburi, Thailand
Feb. 27-Mar. 2: HSBC Women’s Champions, Singapore
Mar. 20-23: LPGA Founders Cup, Phoenix, Ariz.
Mar. 27-30: Kia Classic, Carlsbad, Calif.
Apr. 3-6: Kraft Nabisco Championship, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Apr. 16-19: LPGA Lotte Championship, Oahu, Hawaii
Apr. 24-27: Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, San Francisco, Calif.
May 1-4: North Texas LPGA Shootout, Irving, Texas
May 15-18: Kingsmill Championship, Williamsburg, Va.
May 22-25: Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, Mobile, Ala.
May 30-June 1: ShopRite LPGA Classic, Galloway, N.J.
June 5-8: Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, Waterloo, Ontario
June 19-22: U.S. Women’s Open, Pinehurst, N.C.
June 27-29: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Rogers, Ark.
July 10-13: Ricoh Women’s British Open, Southport, England
July 17-20: Marathon Classic, Sylvania, Ohio
July 24-27: International Crown, Owings Mills, Md.
Aug. 7-10: Meijer LPGA Classic, Belmont, Mich.
Aug. 14-17: Wegmans LPGA Championship, Pittsford, N.Y.
Aug. 21-24: Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, London, Ontario
Aug. 28-31: Portland Classic (tentative), Portland, Ore.
Sept. 11-14: Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France
Sept. 18-21: Alabama LPGA Classic, Prattville, Ala.
Oct. 2-5: Reignwood LPGA Classic, Beijing, China
Oct. 9-12: Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Oct. 17-19: KEB HanaBank Championship, Incheon, Korea
Oct. 23-26: Taiwan Championship, Taipei, Taiwan
Oct. 30-Nov. 2: New Asia event to be announced in February 2014
Nov. 7-9: Mizuno Classic, Shima-Shi, Mie, Japan
Nov. 13-16: Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Guadalajara, Mexico
Nov. 20-23: CME Group Titleholders, Naples, Fla.
 

I remember having read a story written by Jack Niklaus very long time ago.
(I am sure you can verify my lines by searching the Internet or somewhere else.)
He was under contract with IMG for a while during his early hay days.
One day, he found out that his account was empty with almost nothing left.
As powerful as he was, he immediately fired IMG and created his own financial empire without them easily.
Under IMG, he would have gotten nothing in the end and probably ended up broken like Lee Trevino.
(note: Lee Trevino probably wasn't under IMG. His demise came from a different manager.)

Lydia's contract with IMG worries me. I believe it's a bad choice.
As young and naive as she and her family may be, she could be a perfect victim to a well-known shark.
This isn't anything to congratulate about.
I am telling you that almost all celebrities ended up a poor house due to their managers,
not by their own faults.

Under the contract, IMG will extract more from her account than she can ever earn.
I don't know why it comes as the title of this webpage.
Glamorous as it may sound, Lydia's contract with IMG may not be a blessing, honor, or glory
but probably a curse. It happened to the mighty Jack Niklaus !!

Just my opinion.

I appreciated your comment and concern regarding this! WM!

I could not comment neither pessimistically nor optimistically because
I practically do not know too much about IMG.

Only thing I found out that still many many professional golfers,females
or males contracting with IMG and hope for the best for Lydia.

I remember Yuna Kim contracted with one reknown company initially
and quickily made one of her own company.  KJ