Media hail Ko after latest triumph

Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, poses with the trophy and two members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after winning the Canadian Pacific Women's Open golf tournament. Photo / AP.

The international sports media continues to be wowed by Lydia Ko, after she scored her third Canadian Open victory in four years.

The 18-year-old Kiwi beat Stacy Lewis in a playoff and Canada's The Province noted that she was a far cry from the young girl who had burst onto the world stage by winning the Canadian title twice as an amateur..

"Her look is different. Her Swing is different. Her team is different...Then, she was a kid from New Zealand...now she's a brand, a very likable million dollar brand, but a brand nevertheless."

The National Post noted golf's "youth movement", describing Ko's Canadian Open stranglehold as "an achievement nearly incomprehensible, except for the fact that it came only a week after a 17-year-old, Canada's Brooke Henderson, won an LPGA event in Portland."

The measured report continued:"Sunday wasn't vintage Lydia, by any stretch..Ko expected more from herself, but couldn't deliver it."

The Golf Channel noted Ko's "quiet summer" as Inbee Park replaced her as the world number one, but said Ko proved "she is still one of the game's brightest stars".