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What was a close race at the halfway point, turned out to be a romp as Lydia Ko made 5 birdies on her final nine of 31, for a -8 63, good enough for a 6 shot win over Lexi Thompson in the LPGA Tour's final major of the year. Thompson could only manage -1 70 as her playing partner simply pulled away to become the youngest winner on any tour of a major championship since Young Tom Morris in 1856 !!
As play began early this morning it was Mi Hyang Lee at -10 who had a one-shot lead over Thompson with Morgan Pressel a shot further back in 3rd.
Ko has now surpassed Pressel, who won the Kraft Nabisco Championship at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days back in 2007.
Inbee Park who was the main story at the start of the week as she was seeking a career Grand Slam shot -3 68 to finish her bid T8
Brooke Henderson who turned 18 this week, 70 74 72, shot -4 67 to finish up -1 T25 while Alena Sharp 75 68 75 shot 78 today to end up +12 today T70
Next week the best women from the States and Europe gather in Germany for what will be a highly charged Solheim Cup with the European Team winners of the last two.
Lydia Ko isn't eligible, but I'm sure either side would be happy to adopt her !!
Bryan Angus
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