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New Zealand golf star Lydia Ko wins Women’s British Open

Lydia Ko wins the Women’s British Open at St Andrews.

She shoots a superb three-under par 69 in the final round while others fade to win by two shots.

It is her third major golf title after follows two weeks on from winning gold at the Olympics.

Lydia Ko finally has that third golf major title.

The Kiwi superstar has capped the biggest fortnight of an already glittering career by winning the AIG Women’s Open at the home of golf, the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland.

Two weeks after claiming an Olympic gold medal in Paris, Ko stayed the course in a rain and windswept final stretch, nailing a six-foot birdie putt on the 18th to break clear of a three-way tie for the lead and claim the spoils.

 

It is the 27-year-old’s third major title but first in more than eight years, having won her first two consecutively at the end of the 2015 (Evian Championship in France) and start of 2016 (ANA Inspiration in California) seasons.

Ko walked to the 17th tee, the famous Road Hole at St Andrews, in a four-way share of the lead at six-under par, which included world No 1 Nelly Korda, defending champion Lilia Vu and third round leader Jiyai Shin, but it was the Kiwi who held her nerve when it mattered.

When Vu missed a potentially playoff-forcing putt on the 18th, confirming Ko’s victory. the Kiwi broke into tears for the second time in two weeks, another emotional win with her family onlooking.

“It’s pretty surreal,” she said of winning the Olympics and British Open this month.

“I’ve had the most Cinderella-like story this past few weeks and this is almost too good to be true and of all the major championships, I think this one, I had the least amount of confidence, just because I haven’t had as much experience playing on links and just the results didn’t follow either.

“To be holding this trophy right now, I can’t believe it.”

When asked if she could compare her two most recent successes, in France and Scotland, Ko joked it was like asking if she liked her mother or father better.

“They’re all special in their own ways. Even the silver and the bronze (medals at the 2016 and 2021 Olympics) were some of the biggest highlights of my career.

“I don’t know when I’m going to retire, but I said before then I would love to win another major championship. That was my goal that I’d set with my coaches and, you know, here I am, as a three-time major champion and it’s so surreal.”

after an incredible second shot in howling wind and heavy rain, while Shin bogeyed the 15th (she would also bogey the 17th to finish with a four-over 76), so the Kiwi stepped up on the 356-yard par-4 18th – in bright sunlight – in a three-way share.

She popped her tee shot in the fairway and, under the biggest pressure, hit a trademark wedge to about six feet past the hole. The putt, a left-to-right slider, never looked like missing and Ko got to seven-under.

Seconds later Korda, playing in the ground behind Ko, left a par putt short at the 17th, having found the pot bunker to the left of the green with her second.

That meant it was just Vu who could catch Ko, but she did not get her approach shot close enough on the 18th and missed the birdie putt from about 15 feet.

Vu would then miss the tap in for par to hand Ko, who shot a superb three-under 69 in some of the most trying conditions she has ever played, a two-shot victory margin.

The 27-year-old said she felt a lot of support across the week, both from the fans and her family who were all in attendance.

“I don’t know if it’s because I’m from New Zealand and we’re a Commonwealth country but I’ve gotten a lot of support here, especially walking down these final stretch of holes.

“Thank you to my family and team that have been with me this whole journey.