New Zealand's Ko claims women's golf gold

New Zealand's Lydia Ko vanished 2 shots clear connected 10 nether arsenic she took Olympic golden successful nan women's play astatine Le Golf National.

Ko, 27, carded a one-under 71 successful her last round, pinch Germany's Esther Henseleit taking metallic astatine 8 nether wide and China's Lin Xiyu collecting bronze, a further changeable adrift.

Former world number 1 Ko's triumph completes her badge set, aft taking metallic successful Rio successful 2016 and bronze successful Tokyo 3 years ago, and qualifies her for nan Ladies Professional Golf Association Hall of Fame.

Great Britain's Charley Hull vanished 1 complete aft an awesome last information to decorativeness successful a necktie for 27th, while her team-mate Georgia Hall was successful a necktie for 36th.

Ireland's Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire were 39th and 59th respectively.

Two-time awesome champion Ko started her last information pinch a stock of nan overnight lead pinch Morgane Metraux.

But dropped shots connected nan first 2 holes positive a triple-bogey 7 connected nan 5th meant nan Swiss golfer slipped down nan leaderboard earlier she yet signed for a seven-over 79 - leaving herself successful a necktie for 18th.

American Rose Zhang besides struggled successful nan past group and was 4 complete par connected nan beforehand nine, to extremity up successful a necktie for eighth.

And Ko, nan only subordinate not to driblet distant severely from nan past 3 groups, was capable to capitalise afloat contempt seeing a five-shot lead reduced dramatically connected nan backmost 9 aft uncovering h2o connected nan 13th, connected nan measurement to a double bogey of her own.

There were besides tense par putts connected nan 15th and 16th greens but she secured golden successful style pinch a birdie connected nan par-five 18th hole.