What if Lydia Ko hadn’t boarded a plane bound for South Korea immediately after winning the Kroger Queen City Championship
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NAPLES,FLORIDA–DECEMBER09:LydiaKoofNewZealandandJasonDayofAustraliawalkfromthethirdteeduringthesecondroundoftheGrantThorntonInvitationalatTiburonGolfClubonDecember09,2023inNaples,Florida.(PhotobyDouglasP.DeFelice/GettyImages)WhatifLydiaKohadn’tboardedaplaneboundforSouthKoreaimmediatelyafterwinningtheKrogerQueenCityChampionshipandinsteadheadednorthofthebordertoMontrealforthe2024PresidentsCup?
It’sbeentalkedaboutforyears,thisideaofmakingthePresidentsCup–alopsidedaffairthattiltstowardtheAmericans– intoamixedevent.
Wouldn’titbesomethingtoseeKoteamupagainwithAustralia’sJasonDay,astheydidintheinauguralGrantThorntonInvitationallastDecember?KoandDay,ofcourse,wonthateventatTiburonGolfClub,asparkthatspurredKoontoamagical2024.
Ko,whogotintotheLPGAHallofFamethissummerafterwinningOlympicgoldinParis,isn’teligibleforaSolheimCup,andNewZealanddoesn
