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Lydia Ko wins Women's Open for third career major title

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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Lydia Ko captured her third major title -- and first in eight years -- by breaking free from a logjam of world-class talent to win the Women's Open at the home of golf Sunday, capping a summer when she also took gold at the Olympic Games.

The 27-year-old rolled in a left-to-right birdie putt at the storied 18th hole on the Old Course at St.