Lydia Ko celebrates 18th birthday with Swinging Skirts win
NEW Zealand's world No.1 Lydia Ko celebrated turning 18 by successfully defending her Swinging Skirts title in San Francisco.
Ko birdied the second playoff hole to beat American Morgan Pressel after the pair finished on eight-under. It was Ko's seventh LPGA Tour victory.

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