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Lydia Ko Wins for First Time in 21 Months at LPGA Mediheal Championship

Lydia Ko won for the first time in 21 months with a playoff victor over Minjee Lee at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. Ko nearly chipped in for eagle on the 18th hole in regulation, with the resulting birdie forcing the playoff, and did even better on the first playoff hole by nearly holing her second shot for an albatross.

Here is the second shot:

Lydia Ko with a stunning second in the playoff with Minjee Lee. Knocks it in for eagle and win. pic.twitter.com/JI5rxaxWQL

— Emmet Riordan (@emmetrd) April 30, 2018

She knocked in the eagle putt for the win. Women’s golf may have just gotten a little better with the possible return-to-form of Lydia Ko.

Here are the final round highlights from LPGA.com:

Ariya Jutanigarn Wins CME Group LPGA Tour Championship

Ariya Jutanigarn knocked in a 23 foot birdie on the final hole to win the CME Group LPGA Tour Championship by a shot over Lexi Thompson and Jessica Korda. Thompson missed a less-than-two-foot par putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff.

Ariya won the tournament, but Lexi won the Race to the CME Globe and the million dollar bonus. Sung Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu tied for Rolex Player of the Year with 162 points each. Go to LPGA.com to get the full story of who won what.

Here are highlights of Ariya’s final round:

It all came down to the final putt and @jutanugarn comes out on top at the @CMEGroupLPGA!

Watch highlights from her final round: pic.twitter.com/y3xTacstoL

— LPGA (@LPGA) November 19, 2017

Here is Lexi’s missed par putt.

Lexi Thompson with less than two feet to win LPGA player of the year 🙈🙈🙈 golf is so mean pic.twitter.com/jKRkBVBBpq

— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) November 20, 2017

Here is Sung Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu on being co-Rolex Players of the Year:

.@1soyeonryu and Sung Hyun Park talk about becoming co-Players of the Year & ending their season on a high note after the final round of #CMEGroupLPGA

>> https://t.co/nFpcQYlA4D pic.twitter.com/KBMx2FUEuD

— LPGA (@LPGA) November 19, 2017

Solheim Cup Team Comparison by Power Rankings

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The 2015 Solheim Cup is currently in progress. I am a little late to the party, as I thought it was next week, but here is a team comparison based on our Power Rankings.

The table below has all of the players on each team. Each player has their current power index number followed by their power ranking position in parentheses, as of Sept. 13.

Europe	USA
Azahara Munoz 4.71 (135)	Lexi Thompson 22.00 (2)
Karine Icher 3.67 (180)	Alison Lee 17.10 (8)
Anna Nordqvist 3.13 (204)	Stacy Lewis 14.96 (11)
Melissa Reid 2.79 (226)	Morgan Pressel 7.79 (69)
Charley Hull 2.71 (228)	Cristie Kerr 7.63 (71)
Suzann Pettersen 2.00 (272)	Lizette Salas 4.75 (133)
Carlota Ciganda 0.63 (351)	Gerina Piller 3.00 (211)
Sandra Gal -0.21 (571)	Michelle Wie 2.92 (217)
Gwladys Nocera -1.08 (662)	Brittany Lang 2.08 (260)
Caroline Masson -2.92 (1500)	Brittany Lincicome 1.46 (303)
Cartiona Matthew -3.13 (1695)	Angela Stanford -0.58 (596)
Caroline Hedwall -3.54 (1753)	Paula Creamer -4.79 (1998)

According to the Power Rankings, which are based on recent performance, it should be a relative cakewalk for the American team. At the time of this post though, the European team is in control of the matches.