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14 year old golfer breaks record

 

New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko has become the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event, at the age of 14.

Ko, the world's top amateur, won the New South Wales Open by four shots to break the men's mark set by Japan's Ryo Ishikawa at 15 years, eight months.

Previous women's record holder Amy Yang was 16 years, 192 days old when she won the Australian Ladies Masters.

"To be part of history is like a miracle," said Ko. "It's not something you can have by clicking your fingers."

Read more at the The BBC...

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