Lydia Ko, of Florida, MNZM for services to golf
Lydia Ko has been the world’s top-ranked amateur and professional woman golfer. She was the youngest player of either gender to be ranked number one in professional golf and the youngest to win a professional golf tour event. She was the only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events. She won the inaugural Race to CME Globe season-long points race after winning three titles for the Marathon Classic, Swinging Skirts and the CME Globe Tour Championship. Her 63 in the 2015 Evian Championship was the lowest-ever closing round score in a women's major championship. Ms Ko won the silver medal in women’s golf at the 2016 Olympic Games