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.
1,084 days later…
Lydia Ko is back in the winner's circle at the @LPGALOTTE 🏆 pic.twitter.com/KYA6qHeCx8
— LPGA (@LPGA) April 18, 2021
Ko took a one-shot lead over Korda into the final round, but as the American struggled on the greens Ko marched rele…
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