HSBC Women's World Championship 2025 KO'S UNCANNY MANIFESTATION

Major champion dreams of victory the night before sealing her first title in 11 tries

- Kimberly Kwek

Lydia Ko is an Olympic champion, multiple Major winner and LPGA Hall of Famer. Now add clairvoyant to that list.

The night before the final round of the HSBC Women's World Championship, the overnight leader dreamt that she had won the prestigious event, but woke up realizing it had not happened yet.

However, the world No. 3 made that dream a reality as she shot a three-under 69 at the Sentosa Golf Club's Tanjong Course on March 2 to win her 23rd career title.

The New Zealander's 13-under 275 total saw her finish a comfortable four strokes ahead of Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul (70) and Ayaka Furue (68) of Japan.

This is the three-time Major champion's first victory in 11 appearances at the Singapore event. She came close previously, finishing second in 2015, two strokes behind South Korean Park In-bee.

After her win, Ko said: "I woke up, and I was like, 'Dang, it's not real yet'. But I just wanted to focus on my game, and it was a pretty tight leaderboard.

"I started off really steady and didn't really put myself in trouble that much - that was going to be the key for today. I felt a lot better coming into this event than a few weeks ago, but I didn't know that I would win."