South Korea's world number one golfer Ko Jin-young has secured this year's LPGA Player of the Year Award with three tournaments remaining in the season.<br />The 24-year-old becomes the fourth South Korean to capture the top award,... following Park In-bee in 2013 and the 2017 co-winners Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon.<br />Ko also becomes just the third player to win the Rookie of the Year and the Player of the Year awards in consecutive seasons.<br />The award caps off an outstanding season for Ko,... who won four tour titles, including two majors.<br />
