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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Lyda Ko wins  NZ Women's Open - then

 gives away all the prizemoney!

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
From Bethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Christchurch, New Zealand - World No. 1 female professional  Lydia Ko today won her third ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open in impressive style at Clearwater Golf Club in Christchurch.

Ko held the overnight lead by one shot from French rookie Justine Dreher but those who thought that the day would be a procession for the 18-year-old defending champion hadn’t counted on several challenges coming, the first by talented American Amelia Lewis who had finished second to Ko here in 2013, when she became the Ladies European Tour’s youngest winner in history as a 15-year-old.

Lewis started the round at three-under-par, five shots behind Ko, and was playing more than an hour ahead of the overnight leader. By the time Lewis had played the 11th hole she was six-under for her round, 10-under-par for the tournament and found herself one shot ahead of Ko, who had made a steady but unspectacular start to her round.

However, as many before her had done this week, Lewis’s round came to grief over the tough finishing three holes and she would end the day at three-under-par, to finish in a tie for sixth place.

The next challenger was the talented young Dane Emily Kristine Pedersen, who began the day two shots behind Ko and started brilliantly with an eagle at the par-5 second hole. She bogeyed the short par-3 fourth, but another birdie at the 10th put her in a tie for the lead. 
Pedersen also falterdc down the stretch, making bogeys at 14 and 17 to end in sixth position on six-under-par.

While all this was going on Ko was playing steady golf. She birdied the par-5 second hole before making a disappointing bogey on the par-5 sixth to be even for the day. Ko could not have helped but notice the challengers coming at her but she remained calm and made the killer punches at 10 and 11 where she made back-to-back birdies to edge in front once again.

The Kiwi star made a fantastic up and down from the sand on the tricky par-4 12th, and cruised through the tricky stretch of holes from 13 to 17, having the luxury of a two-shot lead heading up 18 over South Korean amateur Hye Jin Choi, Englishwoman Felicity Johnson and Nanna Koerstz Madsen who were all in the clubhouse at eight-under-par.

Ko made no mistakes and hit a superb drive up the 18th, followed by a superb iron shot to eight feet. She failed to make the birdie putt but a tap in par sealed a two stroke victory.

There was also a strong showing from the LET Rookies with Frenchwoman Justine Dreher in fifth spot, Noemi Jimenez Martin of Spain tied eighth and Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh tied in 10th place with Olivia Cowan, daughter of a Germany-based English club professional.

As was the case in 2015, Ko had the chance to share her victory with the huge galleries who had come out to watch her play. While the talking point of the day should have been Ko’s third ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open title, there was a small distraction which occurred at 1.13pm local time.

Just 11 minutes before Ko and playing partner Justine Dreher of France were due to tee off for their final round, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck just 10 kilometres from the course and had both locals and international visitors in a panic for the 30 seconds or so it lasted. 
Over the next five hours there would be a total of 52 further after-shocks, the initial quake was the ninth largest earthquake in Christchurch’s history.
 The earthquake came a week before the fifth anniversary of a 6.3 magnitude quake that killed 185 people in Christchurch and area.

The wider golfing community is very aware that Lydia Ko is not only a brilliant golfer but a very special young woman and today she showed us yet another example of her generosity. 
After thanking the title sponsors ISPS Handa, her family, her team and other event stakeholders, Ko shed a few tears as she thanked NZ Golf, describing how much they had done for her career and that she would not have achieved what she has done without them behind her. 
She then announced that she would be donating her entire tournament prize money to help New Zealand in some way.
 “I have discussed this with my family and my team and this is something that we all want to do. We will seriously think about the best way that we can use this money to help New Zealand.”

Ko dedicated the win to her good friend and mentor former New Zealand Golf President Patsy Hankin who passed away suddenly last year.

The Ladies European Tour now heads to the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide for the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, the second tournament of 2016. 

SCOTSWATCH (By Colin Farquharson)
Pamela Pretswell, well placed through the first two rounds with scores of 68 and 70, withdrew from the tournament before the final round. 
The Hamilton player had the misfortune to  hurt her back during the pre-round warm-up and was in no condition to play 18 holes. What a tragedy!
Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh had her best finish since she turned pro, shooting 73-70-69 for T10 on 212.
Gemma's dad John said: " Absolutely terrific.  In the circumstances it maybe was her best pro finish although she played well at the Q School.
"It really was a superb performance by Gemma after giving away a double bogey on her first hole on Friday with the natural nerves of her debut."
Falkirk-based American Beth Allen shot 71-74-69 for 214 and T24 position.
Heather MacRae, now attached to Archerfield, had ever-improving scores of 75-71-70 for T37 on 216. Pity there was not a fourth round.
Kelsey MacDonald finished T50 on 219 with three 73s. Now that's consistency! 

THE COMPLETE SCOREBOARD 



PosToStart
P L A Y E R

NatHoleScoreR1R2R3R4Total

11Lydia Ko NZLF-10696770   206

216Felicity Johnson ENGF-8707167   208

26Hye Jin Choi (a)KORF-8716869   208

23Nanna Koerstz Madsen DENF-8706870   208

52Justine Dreher FRAF-7677072   209

616Amelia Lewis USAF-6707169   210

63Emily Kristine Pedersen DENF-6726672   210

86Liv Cheng NZLF-5706972   211

86Noemi Jimenez Martin ESPF-5706972   211

1043Valentine Derrey FRAF-4717467   212

1031Sarah Kemp AUSF-4717368   212

1031Olivia Cowan GERF-4737168   212

1027Hannah Green (a)AUSF-4717269   212

1027Gemma Dryburgh SCOF-4737069   212

1020Whitney Hillier AUSF-4756770   212

1012Miriam Nagl BRAF-4726872   212

1731Katie Burnett USAF-3727269   213

1720Danielle Montgomery ENGF-3736971   213

1720Stacey Keating AUSF-3727071   213

1720Lauren Hibbert AUSF-3717171   213

1712Marianne Skarpnord NORF-3707073   213

176Nicole Broch Larsen DENF-3667374   213

176Maria Hernandez ESPF-3706974   213

2443Tonje Daffinrud NORF-2707569   214

2443Beth Allen USAF-2717469   214

2443Nuria Iturrios ESPF-2737269   214

2431Katelyn Must AUSF-2727270   214

2431Angel Yin USAF-2717370   214

2431Hannah Burke ENGF-2717370   214

2427Trish Johnson ENGF-2737071   214

2427Gwladys Nocera FRAF-2687571   214

2412Nina Muehl AUTF-2726874   214

3331Laura Davies ENGF-1747071   215

3320Camilla Lennarth SWEF-1727073   215

3312Lauren Taylor ENGF-1707075   215

336Jeongmin Cho KORF-1716876   215

3752Celine Herbin FRAFE737370   216

3752Heather MacRae SCOFE757170   216

3743Adriana Brent AUSFE747171   216

3731Diana Luna ITAFE747072   216

4152Amy Boulden WALF+1747271   217

4152Rebecca Kay (a)AUSF+1747271   217

4152Manon De Roey BELF+1717571   217

4143Becky Brewerton WALF+1737272   217

4543Rebecca Artis AUSF+2747173   218

4543Ellen Davies-Graham AUSF+2757073   218

4520Cathryn Bristow NZLF+2697376   218

4520Doris Chen KORF+2717176   218

4516Isabelle Boineau FRAF+2736877   218

5052Sarah-Jane Smith AUSF+3776973   219

5052Kelsey Macdonald SCOF+3737373   219

5052Jessica Speechley AUSF+3757173   219

5031Marion Ricordeau FRAF+3737175   219

5016Alannah Campbell (a)NZLF+3717078   219

5552Caroline Hedwall SWEF+4727474   220

5531Elissa-Jayne Orr AUSF+4717376   220

5752Eleanor Givens ENGF+5767075   221

5743Elmay Viking COKF+5757076   221

5731Momoka Kobori (a)NZLF+5707477   221

6031Jenna Hunter NZLF+7707479   223


61Vicky Thomas AUSCut37671      147

61Rica Tse USACut37671      147

61Alexandra Vilatte FRACut37572      147

61Laura Jansone LVACut37572      147

61Alexandra Bonetti FRACut37473      147

61Emily Talley USACut37473      147

61Michelle Koh MYSCut37176      147

61Bree Arthur AUSCut37077      147

69Caroline Martens NORCut48068      148

69Jade Schaeffer FRACut47870      148

69Rebecca Codd IRLCut47672      148
-69Becky Morgan WALCut47573      148
-69Chloe Leurquin BELCut47474      148
-69Louise Stahle SWECut47474      148
-69Kylie Walker SCOCut47375      148
-69Minoria Iwasaki (a)JPNCut47177      148

77Vani Kapoor INDCut57574      149

77Stacey Tate NZLCut57574      149

77Jenny Lee AUSCut57574      149

77Aditi Ashok INDCut57475      149

77Fabienne In-Albon SWICut57376      149

77Munchin Keh (a)NZLCut57376      149

77Kyle Roig PURCut57376      149

77Isi Gabsa GERCut57178      149

85Krista Bakker FINCut68169      150

85Lynnette Brooky NZLCut68169      150

85Hanhusan Yu (a)TPECut67971      150
-85Leigh Whittaker GERCut67971      150
-85Ayame Morii JPNCut67872      150
-85Jayde Panos AUSCut67872      150
-85Christine Wolf AUTCut67773      150
-85Lorie Kane CANCut67674      150

85Natalia Escuriola Martinez ESPCut67476      150

85Liz Young ENGCut67377      150

95Chantelle Cassidy (a)NZLCut77774      151

95Annabel Dimmock ENGCut77774      151

95Alex Peters ENGCut77576      151

95Tamie Durdin AUSCut77576      151

95Georgina Simpson ENGCut77477      151

95Rosie Davies ENGCut77477      151

95Dewi Claire Schreefel NEDCut77378      151

95Karolin Lampert GERCut77279      151

103Amy Walsh AUSCut88171      152

103Leticia Ras-Anderica ESPCut87775      152

103Georgia Hall ENGCut87577      152

106Jamila Jaxaliyeva KAZCut98172      153

106Anne Van Dam NLDCut98073      153

106Lien Willems BELCut97776      153

106Alison Whitaker AUSCut97578      153

106Tzehan Lin (a)TPECut97479      153

111Ae Young Shin KORCut108074      154

111Grace Lennon AUSCut107975      154

111Stephanie Na AUSCut107777      154

111Ines Lescudier FRACut107678      154

115Hayley Bettencourt AUSCut118273      155

115Mireia Prat ESPCut118075      155

115Je Yeong Lee (a)KORCut118075      155

115Johanna Gustavsson SWECut117877      155

115Isabella Ramsay SWECut117877      155

115Nadine Smith AUSCut117877      155

115Chayuda Singhsuwan THACut117877      155

115Marta Sanz Barrio ESPCut117778      155

123Brooke Hamilton (a)NZLCut128373      156

123Ashley Ona AUSCut127878      156

123Ana Menendez MEXCut127779      156

123Breanna Gill AUSCut127680      156

127Sydney Cox USACut138275      157

127Kristen Farmer AUSCut138077      157

127Malene Jorgensen DENCut138077      157

127Charlotte Ellis ENGCut138077      157

127Kate Chadwick (a)NZLCut137879      157

132Amandeep Drall INDCut148375      158

132Alexandra Orchard AUSCut147979      158

132Paige Stubbs AUSCut147781      158

132Victoria Lovelady BRACut147682      158

132Grace Senior (a)NZLCut147583      158

137Amolkan Phalajivin THACut158178      159

138Katy Jarochowicz AUSCut168377      160

138Hathaikarn Wongwaikijphaisal THACut168080      160

140Brittany Bomar USACut178180      161

141Yanjiao Jiang CHNCut197885      163

141Kyla Inaba CANCut197885      163

143Sienna Lambert AUSCut207985      164

144Ashleigh Blacksell AUSCut227987      166

145Jessica Macphee CANCut298291      173

W/DBelinda Diamond AUS
W/DPamela Pretswell SCO

 


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