Lydia Ko delivers big moment to win mixed team event with Jason Day


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NAPLES, Fla. — Lydia Ko and Jason Day have won the Grant Thornton Invitational. It's the first mixed-team event for the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour in 24 years. Playing the par-5 17th hole, they were tied with Canadian duo Corey Conners and Brooke Henderson. Ko hit a fairway metal to 8 feet to set up a birdie. Ko and Day parred the 18th for a 66 and a one-shot victory. The Canadians shot a 63, but they failed to birdie the 17th. The Swedish team of Ludvig Aberg and Madelene Sagstrom shot a 60 to finish alone in third. It was Ko's first victory this year.

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