When Kiwi star Lydia Ko plays golf, you watch a mixture of reactions. She's chatty and expressive between shots and rock-solid concentration in her work zone.
Clearly there's something powerful in that blend which she wraps around levels of practice, skill and attention to detail which have taken her to the top ranking in LPGA golf.
Ko is already into double figures in tour victories and when she claimed the Evian Championship in September, it gave her another record as the youngest major winner at 18 years, four months and 20 days.
She's done it all with the same sort of balanced reaction she displayed when she dropped her final putt in a storming final round 63 to win her major. There was no whooping or hollering, just a satisfied look.
There were a few tears during the water-spray celebration on the 18th and some more with her sister last month after Ko realised she had won the points race, the US$1 million bonus and a bag full of other season awards as the No 1 in women's golf.
