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And it would make me happy. GOLF STUFF I LIKE Dominance following dominance. When, earlier this summer, Lydia Ko won Olympic Gold — adding to her silver-bronze stash — she kept referencing the week as “too good to be true.
” When she won the AIG Women’s Open just two starts later she referenced that feeling again: it was a “fairy tale.” And then came Sunday in Cincinnati, her next start since St. Andrews, when she fired a final-round 9-under 63 to win the Kroger Queen City Championship by five.
Yowza. The surreal summer rolls on. For much of the 2024 golf season, Nelly Korda ‘s winning streak (and, on the men’s side, Scottie Scheffler’ s) was the clear story.
We hadn’t seen dominance like that in years and years. Ko’s last four starts (finishes: 1-9-1-1) may not equal Korda’s win total, but at this point Ko’s year is much more than an important footnote; she rallied from a subpar stretch of golf, turned her season unforgettable and revitalized her career. They share 2024 glory.
Most people didn’t see this coming. Ko sure didn’t. While her 2022 was terrific — she earned three wins and finished the year at World No.
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