Lydia Ko. Photo / Getty
Lydia Ko is adopting a cautious approach about playing at the Rio Olympics as the mosquito-borne Zika virus continues to sweep through South America.
Like her on-course management, the world's top golfer is working steadily through developments and avoiding any discussion about withdrawing from the August Games.
She sidestepped any
talk about shunning the Games and concentrated her concerns on those people who have been affected by the virus which is strongly linked to the microcephaly birth defect.
Olympic host Brazil has reported 3700 cases of the disease which stops foetus brains from developing properly. So far no vaccine or treatment has been discovered.
"First of all we are more thinking about the people there, the people who are affected by it rather than what is going to happen (with the Olympics)," Ko said in a conference call.
