New Zealand’s Lydia Ko Wins Bronze at Tokyo Olympics

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko has won a bronze medal in the women’s Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo after a playoff against Mone Inami of Japan.

Golf - Olympics: Day 15

KAWAGOE, JAPAN - AUGUST 07: Lydia Ko of Team New Zealand celebrates with the bronze medal during the Victory Ceremony after the final round of the Women's Individual Stroke Play on day fifteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club on August 07, 2021 in Kawagoe, Japan. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Ko, who won silver in the Rio Games in 2016, bogeyed the first playoff hole to miss out on a repeat performance.

She and Inami had come close to catching the American Nelly Korda, but she held on to finish 17 under par and win the gold after four rounds at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama. Ko and Inami finished one shot behind on 16 under.

Golf - Olympics: Day 15

KAWAGOE, JAPAN - AUGUST 07: Silver medalist Mone Inami of Team Japan, gold medalist Nelly Korda of Team United States and bronze medalist Lydia Ko of Team New Zealand stand on the podium during the victory ceremony after the final round of the Women's Individual Stroke Play on day fifteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club on August 07, 2021 in Kawagoe, Japan. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)