Lydia Ko snaps title drought with dominant Lotte Championship win
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April 19, 2021
LOS ANGELES: Lydia Ko ended her three-year LPGA title drought in impressive style Saturday, firing a final-round 65 to win the Lotte Championship by seven strokes.
Former world number one Ko, a two-time major champion, didn’t put a foot wrong as she notched her 16th LPGA title but her first since the 2018 Mediheal Championship.
The New Zealander’s 28-under par total of 260 at the Kapolei Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii, put her seven in front of South Korea’s Park In-bee and Kim Sei-young, Ireland’s Leona Maguire and American Nelly Korda.
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Lydia Ko snaps title drought with dominant Lotte Championship win
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18/04/2021 - 05:52 New Zealand s Lydia Ko ended a three-year victory drought with a dominant win at the LPGA Lotte Championship at Kapolei Golf Club in Hawaii Christian Petersen GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP 3 min
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Lydia Ko ended her three-year LPGA title drought in impressive style Saturday, firing a final-round 65 to win the Lotte Championship by seven strokes.
Former world number one Ko, a two-time major champion, didn t put a foot wrong as she notched her 16th LPGA title but her first since the 2018 Mediheal Championship.
Her 28-under par total of 260 at Kapolei Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii, put her seven in front of South Korean s Park In-bee and Kim Sei-young, Ireland s Leona Maguire and American Nelly Korda.
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) Lydia Ko is golfing like she is a kid again. In other words, she s tough to beat.
No one came close at this week s Lotte Championship. Ko torched Kapolei Golf Club and tournament records in the process. A final-round 65 Saturday left her at 28-under 260 and seven shots ahead of everybody.
It brought back vivid memories of the teenager from New Zealand who became the youngest golfer female or male to rise to No. 1 the world in 2015. She is the LPGA s youngest-ever winner, major winner, Rookie and Player of the Year.
Ko, who turns 24 next Saturday, won 14 times in her first 81 starts, including twice as an amateur in 2012 and 13. But she had only won once since three years ago until Saturday.
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