SINGAPORE —
South Korea's Ko
Jin-young stormed to a two-shot victory by closing with a final round
six-under-par 66 to win the HSBC Women's World Championship at the Sentosa Golf
Club on Sunday.
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Playing in her first event of the
2022 LPGA season, Ko showed why she is the world number one as she outplayed
her closest rivals by firing five birdies in her last six holes to clinch her
sixth
LPGA title with her winning total of 17-under-par 271.
Australia's Minjee Lee staged a
strong comeback by posting the day's lowest score of 63, to end her Singapore
campaign tied for second place alongside overnight leader Chun In-gee of South
Korea.
"It feels amazing right now. I
just tried to focus on doing my best today. It's always hard to be playing in
the last group but I thrive on playing under pressure," said Ko.
"I was on Facetime with my mom
and dad. They were smiling all the time and were very emotional with my latest
victory."
Ko started the day trailing Chun by
one shot. She got off to a slow start with seven straight pars before a pair of
birdies on holes eight and nine saw her reach the turn in 34.
The 26-year-old South Korean dropped
her only shot of the day with a bogey-five on 12 but roared toward a grandstand
finish in the Lion City with four successive birdies starting from the par-five
13.
Ko then parred the par-three 17
before another birdie at the last sealed her victory.
"I did not feel comfortable
with my swing in the front-nine. But I expected the back-nine to be better. I
was really pleased I managed to regain my swing and it felt pretty good as I
got a lot of birdies there," said Ko.
Despite her valiant attempt to
clinch a seventh LPGA title at the Tanjong course not working out, Lee was
pleased with her performance at her first tournament for the season, which also
welcomed the return of fans.
"It's my first week back, so
I'm knocking a little bit of the rust off. But it's nice to have a really low
one out there," said Lee.
"I think everybody's (the fans)
itching to get out. It's nice to have that human touch, especially with us
being professional athletes."
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