• Japanese 20-year-old Shibuno leads Ashleigh Buhai by two shots
• South Korea’s Ko four shots back and chasing third major of 2019
That Ko Jin-young could enter illustrious company on Sunday feels like an understatement. Babe Zaharias, Mickey Wright, Pat Bradley, Inbee Park, Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods are the only players to win three majors in the same year. Should Ko prevail here, she will make this group a septet; with the added quirk of two major triumphs arriving in two weeks. Hogan, Woods et al did not manage that.
There are, however, similarities between Ko and Brooks Koepka. The 24-year-old from Seoul has won three times in standard LPGA Tour events; like Koepka her obvious specialism is the majors. There is also a score to settle in this event, given Ko was beaten into second place by Park at Turnberry in 2015.
Written by Ewan Murray at Woburn
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/03/ko-jin-young-womens-british-open-golf under the title “Shibuno leads Women’s British Open on major debut as Ko chases historic treble”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
