Lydia Ko will start the 2025 LPGA season with a new title. Earlier this week, Ko was made a dame in the New Year's honor list in New Zealand for her decorated career in golf. Ko, 27, becomes the youngest Zealander to receive the honor.

Hall of Famer Lydia Ko has been made a Dame in the New Year’s honors list in New Zealand for her services to golf.

New Zealand has honored golfer Lydia Ko, 27, with one of the country's highest civil honors by making her a Dame for her services to the sport.

How do you cap a year in which you won an Olympic gold medal and earned your way into the LPGA Hall of Fame? Lydia Ko has the answer. On Monday, the 27-year-old from New Zealand was honored by the government with the title Dame,