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Lydia Ko Posts Career-Low 60 and only Leads Bye 1 Shot in LPGA’s Phoenix Stop
Lydia Ko set a career-best LPGA score with a 12-under 60, aided by a new putter and favorable conditions that led six players to shoot 65 or better.
- On Thursday, Dame Lydia Ko fired a career-best 12-under 60 at the Ford Championship in Arizona, seizing the early lead with four opening birdies and two closing birdies.
- Ko's rare putter change drove the breakthrough performance; she switched to a Scotty Cameron model on Tuesday before competing at Whirlwind Golf Club.
- Starting on the tenth, Ko birdied her first four holes and added six more on her finishing nine for twelve total birdies on the Cattail course.
- Defending champion Hyo Joo Kim shot a 61 to trail by one shot, marking the first time since 2003 two players reached double digits under par.
- Ko nearly joined Annika Sorenstam in the exclusive 59 club, a feat achieved 25 years ago, with the Chevron Championship arriving next month.
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