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Weekend golfer whose goal is to always break 80.

Jin Young Ko Wins Founders Cup

https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/ko-captures-cognizant-founders-cup-with-playoff-win-over-lee

Jin Young Ko and Minjee Lee battled it out at the Cognizant LPGA Founders Cup, with Ko coming back from 4-shot behind to catch Lee, and then win on the first playoff hole. Ko had a final- round 67 (which was the lowest round of the day) to finish at 13-under par.

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Hannah Green Wins JM Eagle LA Championship in Playoff

https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/hannah-green-wins-jm-eagle-la-championship-at-wilshire-in-a-playoff

Hannah Green made a 25 foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff, and then birdied the first playoff hole and parred the second to win the JM Eagle LA Championship, at the Wilshire Country Club. Aditi Ashok and Xiyu Lin also birdied the final hole to get into the playoff, with all three finishing at 9-under par.

The win is Green’s third career LPGA title, and her first since 2019.

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Lilia Vu Wins Chevron Championship in Playoff for First Major

https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/lilia-vu-wins-1st-major-at-chevron-championship-in-playoff

Lilia Vu birdied her final two holes to get into a playoff, and then birdied the first playoff hole to capture her first major championship over Angel Yin at the Chevron Championship, held at the Club at Carlton Woods, in the Woodlands, Texas. Vu had a final round of 4-under 68 for at 10-under total.

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Jin Young Ko Defends Title at HSBC Women’s World Championship

https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/ko-defends-in-singapore-captures-second-hsbc-womens-world-championship-title

Jin Young Ko defended her title at the HSBC Women’s World Championship with a 2-shot win over Nelly Korda. It was a very rainy week in Singapore with at least 3 of the rounds experiencing rain delays, including a delay of about an hour during the final round when the leaders had two holes left to play.  When play resumed, Ko made two pars to seal the win. Continue reading