A fourteen-year-old New Zealand girl won the New South Wales Open by four strokes Sunday becoming "the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event," according to ESPN.
From ESPN:
[Lydia] Ko, the world's top amateur, broke Japanese star Ryo Ishikawa's mark of 15 years, 8 months, and Australian Amy Yang's women's record of 16 years, 192 days in the Australian Ladies Masters.
The South Korean-born New Zealander shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 14 under for the tournament, four strokes clear of Becky Morgan of Wales. Ko came close to winning the tournament last year, but missed a putt on the last hole to lose by a stroke.
...Ko, a Grade 11 student at North Harbour near Auckland, plans to play about 30 tournaments this year, including professional events over the next two weeks at the Australian Masters at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast and the LPGA's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.
"I'll play in mostly amateur tournaments after that, and my schedule looks pretty busy for the next several months," Ko said.
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