Lydia Ko’s brilliance in Canada yields yet another top 5
Lydia Ko – file photo LPGA / Getty
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko has produced a stunning final round of 63 including a final nine of 29 and five birdies in her last six holes to finish 4th at the CP Women’s Open in Ottawa in Canada.
Beginning the final round seven shots from the joint lead, Ko’s opening hole bogey gave little indication of what was to come as she reeled off ten birdies and one more bogey for her 8 under par round to eventually finish two shots from the eventual winner Paula Reto of South Africa.
For Ko, it was her 8th top 5 finish of the season (including her win at the Gainbridge LPGA event) and moves her to 5th on the money list with US$1,850,000. Ko is now 3rd in the Race to the Globe points table behind Minjee Lee and Brooke Henderson.
“I bogeyed the first, but I think I tried to not let that rattle me and know there is a lot of opportunities,” said Ko. “So just enjoyed it, and obviously nice being back in Canada after not being here for a couple years. Yeah, it’s been a fun week.”
NSW’s Stephanie Kyriacou finished 17th, Hannah Green 22nd, Sarah Kemp 36th and Karis Davidson 56th.
Kyriacou, in her rookie season, is currently in 64th place in the Race to the Globe while fellow rookie Karis Davidson is 107th and needs a solid finish to the year if she is to retain her playing privileges.
The LPGA still have ten more events of the 2022 schedule remaining, their final tournament of the year coming in mid-November with the CME Group Tour Championship in Florida.
