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Ko Becomes World Number One at 13
It’s all change at the top of the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking with New Zealand’s Lydia Ko taking over top spot from Japan’s Mitsuki Katahira. Ko becomes world number one following victory in the New Zealand Women’s Stroke Play Championship. The 13-year-old was a run-away winner by nine shots over compatriot and world number ...
Lydia Stuns Golfing World … Again
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Lydia Ko has become the first New Zealand golfer to win the trophy as leading amateur in the Handa Australian Women’s Open. The remarkable 13 year old from North Harbour shot a final round two-over 75 to finish on three-under in a share of 12th place in Australia’s flagship professional women’s tournament, co-sanctioned with the ...
Lydia Comes So Close in NSW
Thirteen-year-old golfer Lydia Ko who trains at the Institute of Golf was a centimetre away from the chance to create history at the New South Wales Open in Sydney today. The brilliant young North Harbour student just missed her one metre par putt on the final green that would have forced a playoff with Sweden’s ...
NZ’s Best Amateurs at top of ProAm Leaderboard
The sun came out and the field of 84 had a fabulous day celebrating women’s golf, women’s professional golf in New Zealand, and in particular celebrating the life of Anita Boon who passed away last year of Ovarian cancer. There was some great scoring from our professionals and future pros with Caroline Bon (amateur) shooting a four ...
NZ Move Up on Day 2
The New Zealand golf team fired a four-under 140 to move up the leaderboard after the second round of the World Women’s Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy in Argentina this morning (NZ time). The youngest player in the field, 13-year-old Lydia Ko (igolf) led the way with a three-under par 69 today with ...
Harbour Wins Junior Interprovincials
For the second time in 3 years the North Harbour team can lay claim to having the best junior Under 19 and Under 16 team in the North Island. They have captured the 2010 title at Cambridge golf club with a superb week of golf in which the team remained unbeaten throughout. North Harbour has ...
Lydia to Represent NZ in Espirito Santo in Buenos Aires
New Zealand Golf has named a strong men’s team and their youngest ever women’s team for October’s biennial world teams championships in Argentina. The women will contest the Espirito Santo Trophy in Buenos Aires on 20-23 October and the men play for the Eisenhower Trophy from 28-31 October. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MoQNCRLLOw] The women’s team will be led ...
Lydia Dominates Last 27 Holes
Institute of Golf superstar teenager Lydia Ko has won the North Shore 54 Hole Woman’s Classic by 5 strokes. The 54 hole event was played at the North Shore Golf Course over the weekend in pretty average weather. The players played 27 holes each day to battle out for the title. First round leader Hanee ...
Hendry 1st, Shilton 4th, Clarke 5th
Institute of Golf’s Michael Hendry will fly out to Korea tonight a happy man after bagging a 2.5m birdie putt on the final green to win the Rapid Labels Muriwai Open. Hendry claimed his third Charles Tour title, holding off a brilliant charge from Auckland professional Richard Lee, who equalled the course record with a ...
Lydia sitting 2nd after first round in Perth
The first day of the competition saw us in fine weather with the temperature at 24 degrees and a moderate breeze pick up in the afternoon which was coming from the opposite direction from yesterday. Institute of Golf’s Lydia Ko was the best of our players today with a 1 under 71 which places her ...
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