(Reuters) – Defending champion Lydia Ko has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and withdrawn from subsequent week’s Saudi Ladies International, match organisers mentioned on Saturday.
New Zealand’s Ko is in isolation after testing optimistic following the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore final week, the place she completed tied for twenty third.
World quantity three Ko, who turned the primary lady to say a number of Olympic golf medals together with her bronze on the Tokyo Games final yr, has been changed by American golfer Angel Yin.
The third version of the Saudi Ladies International, which is a part of the Ladies European Tour, shall be hosted on the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club from March 17 to twenty and has a handbag of $1 million.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)
