[IMAGE: Dylan Buell] Not even a month away from the LPGA slowed down Lydia Ko’s run. Following a gold medal at the Paris Olympics in July to earn her place in the tour’s vaunted Hall of Fame and Ko’s third career major victory at the AIG Women’s Open last month at StAndrews, the 27-year-old delivered Read more…
At the end of a long week dominated by slow play that saw the opening two rounds both take about six hours to complete, the New Zealander reached the seven-under-par total that proved too strong for a formidable host of challengers down the stretch.
In prevailing conditions – strong winds and heavy showers – that have done nothing for the case that Scotland really does have a summer, Korda’s creative shot-making and solid putting has been extraordinary indeed.
Ko sees the Olympics as a special opportunity not merely because it might be her last in the quadrennial event, but because the Albatros course demands the kind of precision and focus that rewards a more measured, discerning mind of someone who’s been there before.
Ko is one of 15 women this week competing in the Olympics for the third time. Despite all her achievements, she now feels the Olympics is in a different place for her.