Lydia Ko ended an eight-year main drought by claiming the AIG Girls’s Open after a tense end in blustery situations at St Andrews.
The New Zealander, who received the Olympic gold medal earlier this month, birdied the final as she closed with a three-under-par 69 to win her third main on seven below.
Final yr’s champion Lilia Vu did not gap a 15-foot birdie putt on the final to power a play-off after which missed from 12 inches to reward Ko a two-shot victory.
World primary Nelly Korda led by two on the 14th tee however took seven photographs on the par-five gap after which bogeyed the seventeenth as she light to complete alongside Vu, Ruoning Yin and Jiyai Shin in joint second on 5 below.
England’s Lottie Woad received the Silver Medal as low novice, birdieing the final to complete on one below.
