Lydia Ko (27, New Zealand) achieved her third win of the season and 22nd win of her career on the LPGA Tour.
Lydia Ko shot a 9-under 63 with one eagle and seven birdies in the final fourth round of the LPGA Tour Kroger Queen City Championship held at the TPC Rivers Bend (par 72) in Maineville, Ohio, USA on the 23rd. With a final total of 23-under 265, Lydia Ko won the championship by five strokes over second-place Gino Titikun (21, Thailand). Lydia Ko, who started the final day two strokes behind leader Titikun, chased him by reducing three strokes in the first half alone. In particular, while Titikun was unable to reduce the number of strokes in the second half, she showed off a strong performance by reducing six strokes, leaving her far behind Titikun and taking home the prize money of $300,000 (approximately 400 million won).
Lydia Ko recorded her third win of the LPGA Tour season and her 22nd overall. Lydia Ko, who won the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the LPGA Tour season-opener in January, added to her wins at the AIG Women’s Open, the last major of the season that ended last month. “I had the most incredible day in Europe and then had three weeks off, so I wasn’t sure how this tournament would go. I thought a lot of the players, including the T-shirts, would play well on the final day,” said Ko. “It’s very special to win a tournament like this. It’s pretty ‘surreal.’”
Lydia Ko once again mentioned her new goal, the ‘career Grand Slam’, on this day. Lydia Ko had previously chosen the career Grand Slam as her new goal after winning the AIG Women’s Open. Lydia Ko said on this day, “I had a lot of difficulties in the middle of this season and was full of thoughts and doubts, ‘Will I be able to enter the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame?’, but in the past few months, a fairy tale has happened,” and “I feel like I’m already part of a fairy tale. If I set my mind to achieving the career Grand Slam, I think I can do it.”
Lydia Ko, who won the Evian Championship, Chefron Championship, and AIG Women’s Open among the five major tournaments of the LPGA Tour, will achieve her goal if she wins at least one tournament between the U.S. Women’s Open and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. According to the LPGA Tour office, a career Grand Slam on the LPGA Tour refers to a player who wins four or more major tournaments. The LPGA Tour stated, “Although the LPGA Tour has five major tournaments, the addition of major tournaments was not intended to make it more difficult to achieve a ‘Grand Slam,’ but to create more opportunities for women’s golf.” The LPGA Tour stated, “For this reason, the LPGA Tour will continue to recognize players who win four major tournaments as having achieved a Grand Slam. A player who wins five major tournaments is considered a ‘Super Career Grand Slam.’”
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