Lydia Ko ended her eight-year main drought by coming by means of a star-studded leaderboard to assert a dramatic victory within the AIG Ladies’s Open at St Andrews.
The previous world No 1 overturned a three-stroke deficit throughout the last spherical on the iconic Previous Course, mixing 4 birdies with a lone bogey – in moist and breezy situations – to shut a shocking final-round 69 and set the clubhouse goal.
In a single day chief Jiyai Shin, defending champion Lilia Vu and world No 1 Nelly Korda all had probabilities to catch Ko over the closing stretch however had been unsuccessful, because the Olympic gold medallist completed two photographs clear and secured a primary main win for the reason that 2016 Chevron Championship.
Vu may have pressured a play-off with a closing birdie however completed with a three-putt bogey to share second with Shin, Ruoning Yin and Korda, who squandered a two-shot benefit over the ultimate 5 holes.
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What’s subsequent?
The Women European Tour heads to Eire for the KPMG Ladies’s Irish Open, stay from Thursday on Sky Sports activities, whereas the LPGA Tour hosts the inaugural FM Championship at TPC Boston.
There’s additionally the Curtis Cup at Sunningdale from Friday, the place Nice Britain and Eire face america, whereas Staff Europe look to retain the trophy once they face Staff USA within the Solheim Cup from September 13-15. Stream the LPGA Tour, Women European Tour and extra sport with NOW.
