This is exciting or bad, depending on your point of view:
From ESPN: Lydia Ko won the Canadian Women's Open on Sunday to become the
youngest winner in LPGA Tour history and only the fifth amateur
champion.
The 15-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander closed
with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory. She broke the age record
of 16 set by Lexi Thompson last September in the Navistar LPGA Classic
in Alabama, and is the first amateur winner since JoAnne Carner in the
1969 Burdine's Invitational.
In January, Ko won the New South
Wales Open in Australia at 14 to become the youngest player to win a
professional tour event, a mark broken by 14-year-old Brooke Henderson
in June in a Canadian Women's Tour event in Quebec. Ko also won the U.S.
Women's Amateur two weeks ago in Cleveland.
Ko finished at
13-under 275 at The Vancouver Golf Club, pulling away with birdies on
five of the first six holes on the back nine. She opened with
consecutive 68s and shot a 72 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into
the final round.
Inbee Park shot a 69 to finish second. http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/8305148/amateur-lydia-ko-15-becomes-youngest-lpga-winner-taking-canadian-women-open
I think it is kind of cool that a 15 year old amateur wins a major golf tournament but it also says that the LPGA is extremely devoid of talent if a 15 year old amateur wins a tournament.
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