LOS ANGELES, United States — Lydia Ko continued her late-season surge on Sunday (Monday in Manila), firing a sensational nine-under par 63 to win the US LPGA Queen City Championship by five strokes on the heels of her Olympic and British Open triumphs.
LOS ANGELES, United States — Lydia Ko continued her late-season surge on Sunday , firing a sensational nine-under par 63 to win the US LPGA Queen City Championship by five strokes on the heels of her Olympic and British Open triumphs.New Zealand's Ko started the day two shots behind Thailand's Atthaya 'Jeeno' Thitikul, but she seized control with an eagle at the 11th and powered to victory with a 23-under par total of 265.
'Ko drained a 15-foot birdie putt at the 10th to pull level with Jeeno, and made another 15-footer for eagle at the 11th to take a two-shot lead as the Thai player was unable to capitalize on the par-five.Jeeno pulled back a stroke with a long birdie at the par-three 12th, but there was another two-shot swing at the 13th, where Ko's superb second shot left her an eight-footer for birdie as Jeeno missed the green on the way to a bogey.
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