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Ko, who began the day one shot back of
defending champion and compatriot Kim Sei-young, carded a
closing six-under-par 66 that brought her to 18 under on the
week at Tiburon Golf Club for her first win of the
pandemic-stained season.
"I still can't believe it, that I'm here, and that I won this
tournament," said Ko, who only competed in four LPGA events in
2020 after choosing to remain in Korea when the LPGA Tour
resumed play in July amid the pandemic.
"Before the tee off I just (thought), OK, 18 holes left and I go
home, so just relax and just enjoy, just keep it up."
England's Hannah Green (67) and Kim (72) finished in a share of
second place, one shot clear of American Mina Harigae (68).
Ko birdied two of her first six holes and shook off a bogey at
the ninth before making a move at the par-three 12th where she
rattled off the first of three consecutive birdies to pad her
lead and then added two more over her final three holes.
The tournament capped an 18-event LPGA season that was shut down
from mid-February through July because of COVID-19.
The 2021 LPGA season will have 34 official events, starting with
the Jan. 21-24 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in Lake
Buena Vista, Florida.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in TorontoEditing by Christian
Radnedge and Pritha Sarkar)
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