Lydia Ko woke up with an injury days ahead of Chevron Championship

• Lydia Ko is experiencing a neck spasm and right arm discomfort ahead of the Chevron Championship.
• Ko previously won the Chevron Championship in 2016.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Lydia Ko woke up on Sunday with a neck spasm and since then, her right arm hasn’t felt quite right.

“I’ve been getting a lot of treatment on it,” Ko told Golfweek after finishing up her nine-hole pro-am on Tuesday afternoon at the Chevron Championship. “It’s better than yesterday, but still doesn’t feel like my normal arm.”

Ko said a simliar thing happened to her some time ago while playing an event on the LET. In that instance, her right arm became quite numb. She’s currently dealing with a tingling sensation.

“It was playable,” said Ko, “but I could feel it at the top of my backswing and my finish. My coach was like ‘Oh, you kind of finish like Mr. Palmer.’ I was like well that’s good news, of all the people, I would love to be like Mr. Palmer.”

Ko, who won her third start to the season at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, said she wants to be careful not to make any compensations in her swing. Not just for this week but going forward.

“It’s unfortunate timing,” she said, “but I think by Thursday it will be OK.”

The LPGA Hall of Famer also noted she was stung by a bee on her right hand Tuesday, joking she might need a bionic arm for the week.

Currently ranked third in the world, Ko turns 28 years old on the opening round of the season’s first major. Ko won this event in 2016 at Mission Hills at the age of 18. She missed the cut at the first edition at the Club at Carlton Woods in 2023 and tied for 17th last year.