Danielle Kang Wins Back-To-Back After Lydia Ko Collapse

Kang moves up to second in the world after Lydia Ko's disastrous finish at the Marathon Classic

Danielle Kang Wins Back-To-Back After Lydia Ko Collapse
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Kang moves up to second in the world after Lydia Ko's disastrous finish at the Marathon Classic

Danielle Kang Wins Back-To-Back After Lydia Ko Collapse

Lydia Ko squandered the chance to win her first LPGA Tour title in two-and-a-half years after a back nine collapse at the Marathon Classic.

The New Zealander handed Danielle Kang her second-consecutive title after playing her last five holes in four over.

Ko, who led by four shots after 54 holes, bogeyed the 14th and 16th before a double-bogey at the par-5 18th, where a par would have secured victory.

The former World No.1 was greenside in two on the finishing hole but a short game disaster saw her needing a 10 footer for a playoff, which she missed.

"Not the way I envisioned to finish, but nice to be back in contention and see the game heading in the right direction," Ko wrote on social media.

"Will take it one step at a time and keeping working at it! Thank you all for your support."

Danielle Kang, to her credit, applied the pressure after birdies at 13 and 14 and posted a 68 (-3) to win her second-consecutive tournament since the restart.

The 27-year-old, winner of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship, moves up to 2nd in the world rankings.

England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff finished in T2nd after her fifth place at last week's restart.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV