Jin Young Ko returns in 2020 this week on the LPGA Tour at the Pelican Women's Championship presented by DEX Imagining and Konica Minolta. The world No. 1 originally planned to return after the Australian session of the Tour, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken her plans.

LPGA: Jin Young Ko eager to start 2020 season

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I'm doing very well, I spent maybe eight or nine months in Korea, I took the opportunity to do a lot of things, including cooking lessons and I continued training, ”said Ko, who mentioned Korean cooking as her new hobby during her forties.

The world No. 1 has not rested on its laurels. Although she missed the LPGA Tour, she turned to KLPGA in her home country to maintain her competitive advantage. Ko placed 14th on the KLPGA Korean Tour, with three top 10s in six starts. She was even recently joined by caddy David Brooker as they prepared for their stay at the Pelican Golf Club. “He is enjoying the family at the moment because he stayed with me for two weeks,” Ko said. “Then my mom always cooked for him. Each meal, three meals a day. So he told me, he had gained weight. "

As of now, the six-time LPGA Tour winner is not exempt from the CME Group Tour season-ending championship, but her goal, from Belleair, Fla., Is to play her role after making some changes to his swing in recent weeks.

“It's so different from last year, because last year I had a lot of tournaments, maybe over 20, but this year I only have five events. I must therefore find sensations on the course. It's hard, but it's getting better, better and better. And then I want more consistency at less than 100 meters, "Ko said." I've been playing for 17 years, over 17 years, so it's hard to change the swing. It's easy to change small things, but big changes can be difficult. So I try to be better on my short game ”.

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