Golf Results - 01 September 2012

Fifteen-year-old Lydia Ko shot a five-under 67 to win the Canadian Women's Open by three strokes and become the youngest winner on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour.

"No New Zealand woman has ever won on the LPGA tour before and in terms of golfing achievements this is probably the most significant by a New Zealand female golfer," the New Zealand Golf chief executive, Dean Murphy, said in Auckland.

The victory is Ko's second professional tournament win. The New Zealander became the youngest golfer to win a professional event at the New South Wales Open in January, aged 14, eclipsing the mark set by Japan's Ryo Ishikawa, who was 15 years and eight months when he won a tournament on the Japan tour.

The South Korea-born Ko, world's top-ranked amateur, won the US Amateur Championship earlier this month, though Murphy said she was not in any hurry to turn professional.

Sergio García loses lead as Nick Watney wins the Barclays

Sergio García missed the chance to win back-to-back titles on the American tour after blowing his overnight lead at the Barclays tournament at Farmingdale, New York.

García, who was victorious at the Wyndham Championship last week to seal his Ryder Cup spot, struck a four-over-par 75 in the final round at Bethpage State Park to finish joint-third, four shots behind the winner Nick Watney. Watney is outside the qualifying places for the American Ryder Cup team but could not have picked a better time to remind the captain, Davis Love III, of his ability.

Love has four wildcard picks and is due to name his 12-man team next week for the match against Europe at Medinah starting on 28 September.

In addition to García, three other members of Europe's Ryder Cup team showed promising form at the Barclays ahead of the Ryder Cup. The former world No 1 Lee Westwood finished in a share of fifth place after a closing 70, Luke Donald came in 10th after also carding a one-under-par 70, and Rory McIlroy was 24th after a final round of 72.

Paul Lawrie wins Johnnie Walker Championship

Paul Lawrie hit a final-round 68 to win the 2012 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles by four shots. Lawrie's second European Tour win of 2012 is significant ahead of the Ryder Cup.

Lawrie will be a key and experienced part of the Europe team at Medinah. His last and only Ryder Cup appearance was in 1999. "It's difficult to rank wins but this is obviously a huge one. I go into my second Ryder Cup playing nicely, hitting it lovely and looking forward to it."

Nicolas Colsaerts arrived in Perthshire looking for the top-two spot that would have sealed a place in José María Olazábal's European team for the meeting with the United States next month. Colsaerts was unsuccessful but is expected, along with Ian Poulter, to be picked by Olazábal back at Gleneagles.

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