ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Lydia Ko captured her third main title — and first in eight years — by breaking free from a logjam of world-class expertise to win the Ladies’s British Open on the house of golf on Sunday, capping a summer time when she additionally took gold on the Olympic Video games.
The 27-year-old Kiwi rolled in a left-to-right birdie putt on the storied 18th gap on the Outdated Course at St. Andrews to shoot 3-under 69 after which needed to wait to complete forward of top-ranked Nelly Korda, defending champion Lilia Vu and two-time champion Jiyai Shin.
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That quartet of previous or current No. 1s shared the lead at one level down the stretch of an engrossing closing spherical performed in chilly, blustery and moist situations earlier than ending in sunshine.
Ko had already completed her spherical and was ready close to the 18th inexperienced, doing stretches whereas carrying ear muffs, when Vu lined up a 20-foot putt for birdie that wanted to go in to drive a playoff. It got here up quick, and Vu finally made bogey to shoot 73 and drop to five below general alongside Korda, Shin and likewise Ruoning Yin.
It has been a golden summer time for Ko, who certified for the Corridor of Fame by successful the gold medal on the Paris Olympics and now has the final word prize within the sport — a serious championship title on the house of golf.
Her final main got here on the Chevron Championship in 2016. A yr earlier, she received the Evian Championship as an 18-year-old prodigy.
