Lydia Ko of New Zealand withstood a strong push from Germany's Esther Henseleit and China's Xiyu Lin to take home gold in the women's golf final at Le Golf National in Paris, France on Saturday.
Ko, who looked poised to run away with gold, at one point sitting at 11 under par-five strokes ahead of the competition-thanks to her stellar play in rounds two and three and on the front nine Saturday, watched her lead start to diminish as Henseleit birdied six times in the fourth round, and Lin birdied on three of the final four holes. The pressure to take home her first gold medal increased after Ko double-bogeyed hole 13.
