KO
defends Canadian Open
Published
: August 25 , 2013
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New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko after winning
the Canadian Open on Sunday. AFP
Kiwi teenager blitzes elite field in
final round
EDMONTON (Canada): New Zealand amateur
sensation Lydia Ko won the LPGA Canadian Women's Open for the second straight
year on Sunday, leaving an elite pro field in her wake.
Ko,
whose triumph in Vancouver last year at the age of 15 years and four months
made her the youngest LPGA title winner in history, backed up that milestone
victory with a five-stroke victory over France's Karine Icher.
"I'm
pretty surprised, but I played some really good golf out there, so I was really
happy about that," said Lydia, who grabbed another slice of LPGA history
as the first amateur to win two titles on the tour.
"My
goal today was to shoot five-under and just play my own game. If somebody else
shot better, then I can't do anything about it."
Ko,
of Auckland, carded a final-round six-under 64 at Royal Mayfair Golf Club for a
15-under total of 265.
The
bespectacled teen curled in a birdie putt at 18 -- her seventh birdie of the
day -- lifting her arms in triumph as it dropped.
"I
didn't have it coming," said Ko of her final 15-footer."That's why I
was like oh, my God. I was pretty worried it would just go straight down
because I knew it was a slippery putt. No, I just hit a little bit, and it
trickled down in the hole."
Icher,
one of the bevy of Europeans playing this week in the wake of their Solheim Cup
triumph over the United States in Colorado, carded a 67 for 270
"Yeah,
no, not too bad for me, obviously," said Karine, who will take home the
winner's US$300,000 (RM900,000) purse because of Lydia's amateur status.
"But
I would love to win one one day, but it's nice for her. She deserves it. I'm
sure she's a hard worker, and especially in Canada for her it's special."
Ko's
fourth victory in a professional tournament is bound to renew the question of
when the 16-year-old phenem will trurn professional.
She
won the New Zealand Women's Open in February a Ladies'European Tour event,
while her win at the age of 14 in the Australian LPGA's Women's New South Wales
Open in january of 2012 had made her the youngest player male on female to win
a pro tourament.AFP
Ko, whose triumph in Vancouver last year at the age of 15 years and four months made her the youngest LPGA title winner in history, backed up that milestone victory with a five-stroke victory over France's Karine Icher.
She
won the New Zealand Women's Open in February a Ladies'European Tour event,
while her win at the age of 14 in the Australian LPGA's Women's New South Wales
Open in january of 2012 had made her the youngest player male on female to win
a pro tourament.AFP
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