Lydia Ko fired a final round of 68 (-4) to win the 2023 Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund by one stroke.
The event, held at theRoyal Greens Golf & Country Club. in Saudi Arabia at the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) near Jeddah, saw Ko continue her hot start to 2023 and hold onto her spot as the world’s number one.
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Ko took home a $750,000 check from the $5 million prize fund.
Ko ended last year by winning the LPGA Tour finale and $2 million, the richest payoff in women’s golf, which elevated her to No. 1 in the world.
“I’m playing with the world’s best. The field this week was really good, so I knew it was going to be a challenge,” Ko said. “The first one of the year, it’s really hard because you don’t have anything to base yourself off.
“You don’t know if you’re going to play well or bad. But the start definitely helped, and I think I stayed really patient and I was not as nervous as I thought I would be, which is definitely good.”
