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Lydia Ko ends top-15 at LPGA tournament

  New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has finished in a tie for 14th in the penultimate event on the LPGA calendar.

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has finished in a tie for 14th in the penultimate event on the LPGA calendar.


She carded a final round one-under 69 to end the tournament at Belleair Florida on six-under, eight shots back of winner world No 1 Nelly Korda from the United States.


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Twenty-seven-year-old Ko had an up and down final round where she birdied the first, bogeyed the second, birdied the next and then bogeyed the fourth.


Later she hit birdies on the 10th and 11th before a bogey on the 16th.


Ko has won three LPGA events in 2024 as well as the Paris Olympic gold medal.


It was Korda's seventh victory of the year, three shots from her nearest rivals. She won five straight events between January and April.


The season-ending Tour Championship begins on Friday in Naples, Florida.

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