South Korea's Ko Leads All The Way To Win Australian Open
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 18, 2018 | 03:25 PM
Adelaide, Australia, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Feb, 2018 ) :South Korea's Ko Jin-young led all the way to win the Australian Women's Open by three shots at Adelaide's Kooyonga golf course on Sunday.
Ko, 22, rolled in a short par putt at the last hole to clinch a wire-to-wire victory at 14-under to beat compatriot Choi Hye-jin on 11-under with Australia's Hannah Green on 10-under in third place.
Ko's victory allows her to take up full LPGA Tour membership for 2018. The Korean was ranked 20th in the world before the tournament and will likely be close to the top 10 in this week's new rankings.
"My goal is to be rookie of the year," Ko said. Ko began the tournament with a blistering seven-under 65 and was never headed nor seriously threatened. Choi was the closest, jumping out of the pack to move within two shots at the turn in the final round, and still two shots back when they came down the stretch.
Ko hit a beautiful seven-iron shot to the 17th green, where the pond on the right represented potentially her only way of losing the Open. Then she rolled the putt down the hill and into the cup from five metres.
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