Ko finishes neatly to win in Singapore as Hull fades

Lydia Ko’s earlier very best on the match was once 2d in 2015 [Getty Images]Ladies’s International Championship – ultimate leaderboard-13 L Ko (NZ); -9 A Furue (Jpn), J Thitkul (Tha); -7 J-H Im (Kor), G Lopez (Mex), C Hull (Eng); -6 H Inexperienced (Aus), A-L Kim (Kor), Y Noh (US), H-J Kim (Kor)Decided on others: -4 C Ciganda (Spa); -2 L Maguire (Ire); -1 C Boutier (Fra)Complete leaderboardWorld quantity 3 Lydia Ko moved transparent of the remainder of the sector within the ultimate spherical to win her first HSBC Ladies’s International Championship in Singapore.The New Zealander, a three-time main winner, began the general spherical one shot forward of England’s Charley Hull.However 3 successive birdies from the 6th put the 27-year-old Olympic champion in a powerful place and Ko completed with a spherical of 69 for a 13-under general, 4 transparent of Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul and Japan’s Ayaka Furue.Hull, who mentioned after Saturday’s 3rd spherical that she were suffering with sickness, slipped out of competition with a last two-over-par spherical of 74 for a seven-under general in a proportion of 3rd.Ko’s victory was once her first in 11 appearances on the match at the Tanjong Direction at Sentosa Golfing Membership – and her twenty third LPGA win.”I simply sought after to concentrate on my recreation because it was once a beautiful tight leaderboard,” she mentioned.”I did not know if I’d win. However to win right here in Singapore and get the entire love, now not best this 12 months however for the years that I have come, it approach so much.”