Lydia Ko on putting her pet dog before winning British Open & burger celebration before early flight
The newly crowned Women’s British Open champion Lydia Ko, admitted that if pushed she would rather keep her pet dog ‘Kai’ than win another golf major.
Ko opened up in her post victory press conference to reveal her love of her pet pooch and her celebration plans after completing a fairytale fortnight by adding the AIG Women’s Open title at St Andrews to her Olympic gold medal from Paris.
The New Zealander started the final round in a share of fourth but made three birdies over a flawless first 14 holes to challenge for the title, which boiled down to a thrilling finale between Ko, Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu tied at the top of the leaderboard on six under par.
Ko took the clubhouse lead with a brilliant birdie on the 18th, but defending champion Vu was still on her heels right to the end.
