It seems fitting the world of male golf is giddy with excitement over the possibility of Tiger Woods making an unlikely return at the Masters next week. Before then Ko Jin-young has scope to build on the kind of run reminiscent of Woods in his prime. The major year, though, does not begin at Augusta National on 7 April; on Thursday, Ko and co tee it up at the rebranded Chevron Championship at Mission Hills, California.
Since last July Ko has secured six LPGA Tour victories. This run in 11 tournaments includes a tie for second, two shared sixths and a tied fourth. Ko’s 60th place at the Evian Championship appears disastrous in context of her otherwise imperious form. She has returned 33 successive under-par rounds. Tiger-esque? Too right.
