En Sunday night, Lydia Ko won the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio, marking her 17th victory on the LPGA Tour. The 24-year-old New Zealander already has a great record at her young age, including two major and two Olympic medals. In total, he has 23 professional victories. Ko became the first player to reach 17 wins before her 25th birthday, since Nancy Lopez in 1979.
The New Zealander contained the American Danielle Kang with an important birdie on the 15th and then the one on the 16th was fundamental, to win the victory. “Hooking the 15 putt was a boost for me. I had a pretty low chance of putting it in, but it ended up being perfect. [el putt]. Sometimes I get frustrated because I end up trusting my feelings and it doesn’t come out, but in that case, that feeling helped me get out of that hole well,” said the golfer, who put it from just over seven meters. In the 18th her ball he went to the bunker, although Lydia resolved the predicament well.
Interestingly, Ko credited part of his success in this tournament to Jon Rahm. She was browsing Instagram and came across a quote of hers. According to the winner of the day, that was the phrase. “This one said, ‘It’s not about how many times you put it on the fairway. In golf, at the end of the day you have to try to play the best you can under the circumstances you find yourself in,'” Ko recounted on this matter. “I think your quote really helped me realize that you know what? It’s golf and sometimes I’m going to make good shots and sometimes it won’t come out as nice a shot. I have to manage my way and try to shoot the best score I can. Today I don’t feel like I had my A-game, but I was able to pick myself up when I was out of position and then not go down too much when I made mistakes.”
In the tournament, the Spanish Carlota Ciganda finished in twentieth place, while Fátima Fernández Cano and Luna Sobrón were very close to making the cut and Beatriz Recari said goodbye to professional golf.
