SAN FRANCISCO: Former world number one Lydia Ko ended a near-two-year victory drought on Sunday (Monday in Manila) with an eagle at the first playoff hole to beat Minjee Lee in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. Her three-wood second shot at the first playoff hole, the par-five 18th, bounced short of the green and rolled toward the pin. After Australia’s Lee salvaged a birdie from the greenside rough, Ko rolled in her three-foot eagle putt to end the Down Under playoff duel. Lee, of Perth, remains in search of her fourth LPGA title and her first since the 2017 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. On a day that saw three different players hold the lead, Ko recovered from her shaky start with five birdies.

Source: Manila Times April 30, 2018 12:22 UTC