14 year old makes golfing history

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:40

Written by Editor

New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko has become the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event, at the age of 14. Ko, the world's top amateur, won the New South Wales Open by four shots to break the men's mark set by Japan's Ryo Ishikawa at 15 years, eight months.

Previous women's record holder Amy Yang was 16 years, 192 days old when she won the Australian Ladies Masters.
"To be part of history is like a miracle," said Ko. "It's not something you can have by clicking your fingers."

Ko came close to winning the same tournament last year, aged 13, missing a putt on the last green to lose by one shot.
This year, she held her nerve to record a three-under-par final round of 69 and beat Becky Morgan of Wales in the 54-hole tournament.