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| Lydia Ko - Winner of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship |
Lydia Ko, the World's No. 1 player, came into Sunday's final round of a 54 hole tournament tied with Morgan Pressel at 14 under and finished the tournament with a scoring record of 17-under 196 taking the $300,000 top prize.
Said Ko, "I don't think you can feel completely safe, especially on a course like this -- especially with the 18th hole, where it can be reachable with a really good drive down there and somebody could make an eagle. So, I don't think I was playing in a safer mode the last few holes."
For the weekend, Ko made only four bogeys over the 54 holes, but three of those came Sunday on Nos. 6, 13 and the par-5 18th, which she eagled.
Continued Ko, "In golf, anything can happen. You make a bogey, somebody makes a birdie, that's a two-shot swing straightaway. I always say, you never know until you take your glove off on the last hole."
The victory was Ko's third of the year, the 13th of her career and will keep her at No. 1 in the world ranking for the 36th consecutive week. She also remained at the top of the 2016 money list with $1,816,738.
Concluded Ko, "I know winning the last event of the three-week stretch I played, it's a really cool feeling and I'm going to enjoy the week off next week. I know we've still got a long stretch of events and two majors."
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