Perfect Ko close to tears after ace
LYDIA Ko slapped high fives, but she would have rather busted a move after her first hole-in-one helped her surge into medal contention after three rounds of the Rio Olympics golf tournament.
Ko aced the par-three eighth hole on her way to a six-under round of 65 yesterday to head into the final round in a share of second, two shots off leader Inbee Park of Korea as the wind made low scoring difficult.
The 19-year-old world No1 found form with her putter on the front nine at Marapendi Reserve Golf Course to birdie three of her first six holes, before her eagle at the 154-yard eighth and another birdie at the ninth moved her further up the leaderboard. She did all her work on the outward nine, carding a 29, before nine straight pars on the back nine.
Ko had started the day seven shots off the pace after opening rounds of 69 and 70 left her in a share of 22nd.