Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold. It puts her into the LPGA Hall of Fame

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Lydia Ko completed her Olympic medal collection on Saturday with the most valuable of them all, a gold medal that puts the 27-year-old Kiwi into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Ko built a five-shot lead on the back nine at Le Golf National as her closest pursuers all collapsed, and then had to hang on until the very end. Ko won the silver medal in Rio de Janeiro.

Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold. It puts her into the LPGA Hall of Fame

Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold. It puts her into the LPGA Hall of Fame

Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold. It puts her into the LPGA Hall of Fame

Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold. It puts her into the LPGA Hall of Fame

Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold. It puts her into the LPGA Hall of Fame