Kiwi golfer Lydia Ko has failed to make the cut in the latest round of the LPGA

Lydia Ko reacts after putting on the seventh green. Photo / Getty Images

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has failed to make the final cut in the LPGA after finishing four shots outside the cut line.

Playing in the Founders Cup, the former world number one finished tied for 107th - with half of the field still on the course.

Ko was seven shots of the lead after the first round, battling miserable conditions at the Wildfire Gold Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

The current world number 12 had previously finished the tournament with four straight top 10 finishes.

It has been over a year and a half since Ko last won on the LPGA tour, claiming victory in July 2016.

In four starts this season, she has finished lower down the leaderboard than she did in the corresponding event last year, with one top 10 to her name this season opposed to three last year.

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