SOUTH KOREAN TAKES TITLE AT CLEARWATER, CHRISTCHURCH
Ko falls just short in New Zealand title defence
as Lee shoots course-record 63 to win by one
as Lee shoots course-record 63 to win by one
FROM GOLFTALK
By RANDALL MELL
By RANDALL MELL
Lydia Ko, pictured, fell just short in her bid to successfully defend her title Sunday at the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open.
Two strokes down with two holes to play, Ko, 16, made it dramatic in her Kiwi homeland, making birdie at the 17th but missing a 20-footer for birdie at the last, which, had it dropped, would have earned hear a lay-off in the Ladies European Tour season opener.
South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee closed with a course-record, bogey-free 9-under-par 63 (one eagle and seven birdies in halves of 32-31) to win the event at Clearwater Golf Club in Christchurch.
At nine-under 207, Lee finished a shot ahead of Ko (70) and two ahead of Americans Beth Allen (70) and overnight leader Anya Alvarez (73).
Ko bogeyed the first and 13th and birdied the secdond, fourth, 10th and 17th in halves of 35.
Ko, born in South Korea but raised in New Zealand, will tee it up again in two weeks when the LPGA stages its second event of the year, the ISPS Handa Australian Women’s Open, an event co-sanctioned by the LET.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
207 Mi Hyang Lee (SKor) 72 72 63
208 Lydia Ko (NZ) 69 69 70
209 Beth Allen (USA) 71 68 70, Anya Alvarez (USA) 70 66 73, Seonwoo Bae (SKor) 68 71 70
211 Bree Arthur (Aus) 75 70 66, Marion Ricordeau (Fra) 74 69 68, Sarah-Jane Smith (Aus) 69 77 65.
SELECTED TOTALS
213 Charley Hull (Eng) 69 73 71 (t11)
215 Vikki Laing (Sco) 71 72 72, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 74 70 71 (T20)
217 Trish Johnson (Eng) 74 70 73, Eleanor Givens (Eng) 73 69 75, Laura Davies (Eng) 72 74 71 (T33)
218 Sally Watson (Sco) 72 70 76, Hannah Burke (Eng) 73 72 73, Melissa Reid (Eng) 72 74 72, Danielle Montgomery (Eng) 72 74 72 (T40).
220 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) 78 68 74 (T51)
MISSED THE CUT (146 and better qualified)
147 Michele Thomson (Sco) 70 77
149 Kylie Walker (Sco) 73 76
159 Carly Booth (Sco) 79 80
TO VIEW ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
CLICK HERE
Two strokes down with two holes to play, Ko, 16, made it dramatic in her Kiwi homeland, making birdie at the 17th but missing a 20-footer for birdie at the last, which, had it dropped, would have earned hear a lay-off in the Ladies European Tour season opener.
South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee closed with a course-record, bogey-free 9-under-par 63 (one eagle and seven birdies in halves of 32-31) to win the event at Clearwater Golf Club in Christchurch.
At nine-under 207, Lee finished a shot ahead of Ko (70) and two ahead of Americans Beth Allen (70) and overnight leader Anya Alvarez (73).
Ko bogeyed the first and 13th and birdied the secdond, fourth, 10th and 17th in halves of 35.
Ko, born in South Korea but raised in New Zealand, will tee it up again in two weeks when the LPGA stages its second event of the year, the ISPS Handa Australian Women’s Open, an event co-sanctioned by the LET.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
207 Mi Hyang Lee (SKor) 72 72 63
208 Lydia Ko (NZ) 69 69 70
209 Beth Allen (USA) 71 68 70, Anya Alvarez (USA) 70 66 73, Seonwoo Bae (SKor) 68 71 70
211 Bree Arthur (Aus) 75 70 66, Marion Ricordeau (Fra) 74 69 68, Sarah-Jane Smith (Aus) 69 77 65.
SELECTED TOTALS
213 Charley Hull (Eng) 69 73 71 (t11)
215 Vikki Laing (Sco) 71 72 72, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 74 70 71 (T20)
217 Trish Johnson (Eng) 74 70 73, Eleanor Givens (Eng) 73 69 75, Laura Davies (Eng) 72 74 71 (T33)
218 Sally Watson (Sco) 72 70 76, Hannah Burke (Eng) 73 72 73, Melissa Reid (Eng) 72 74 72, Danielle Montgomery (Eng) 72 74 72 (T40).
220 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) 78 68 74 (T51)
MISSED THE CUT (146 and better qualified)
147 Michele Thomson (Sco) 70 77
149 Kylie Walker (Sco) 73 76
159 Carly Booth (Sco) 79 80
TO VIEW ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
CLICK HERE
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