Golf: Lydia Ko links with highly rated coach Sean Foley as world ranking slips to 52nd

Lydia Ko
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The former coach of Tiger Woods and Englishman Justin Rose has signed on with New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko.

Sean Foley will be Ko's sixth coach in four years with her world ranking now 52 - just two years after being dumped from the top spot.

Ko will tee off in the pandemic interrupted LPGA season this week, when she competes in the Drive On Championship in Toledo.

Foley told New Zealand Golf Magazine that he was now working with Ko, saying he wanted to help her get "back to being Lydia".

Best-known for a stint as coach of Woods, Foley recently split with Englishman Justin Rose, having worked with the former world No.1 for 11 years, where Rose won all 10 of his PGA Tour titles, including his first major championship at the US Open in 2013.