Lydia Ko was playing to help the Hi Well Charitable Foundation in Takapuna yesterday. Photo / Natalie Slade
Teen Kiwi golf sensation Lydia Ko returned to New Zealand as a professional yesterday - and her first engagement was for charity.
Ko, 16, was at the Takapuna golf course on the North Shore to play a one-hole charity tournament yesterday afternoon.
The unassuming sportstar played the par-3, 120m, 10th
hole once with each of the four divisions (men's, men's champions, women's and women's champions) in association with the Hi Well Charitable Foundation to raise money for children's scholarships.
"The Hi Well Foundation helped out with my scholarships and I wanted to give something back," Ko said.
"I prefer playing in New Zealand - it's my home.
