Having won the biggest pay day in the history of women's golf, it's crucial New Zealand's world number three Lydia Ko now takes a break from the game says her coach David Leadbetter.
The 17-year-old won almost $2 million dollars in winning the LPGA's season-ending Tour Championship in Florida and finishing top of the tour's order of merit.
Ko won a three way sudden death playoff that went to four extra holes.
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Leadbetter told Radio New Zealand that Ko now needs time off to get over some niggly injuries.
“It's important for her and this is the thing that I've stressed with her and the parents is that she's got to pace herself.
“You've got to re-charge your batteries every so often so as much as she loves to play and to practice it's good to put the clubs away and just forget about golf for a while and then get back to it nice and fresh.”
Yesterday’s $1.9 million prize doubles Ko's career earnings at the end of her rookie season as a professional, in which she won three LPGA titles.
Meanwhile, Leadbetter has confirmed Ko intends playing in the New Zealand Women's Golf Open at Clearwater in Christchurch in January.
