Lydia Ko Struggles to 75, Cut Streak in Jeopardy

IRVING, Texas — Lydia Ko had a triple bogey after losing a ball in a pine tree and dropped three more strokes on the next two holes Thursday to put her career-long LPGA Tour cuts streak in jeopardy in the North Texas Shootout.

Ko finished with a 4-over 75 at Las Colinas, leaving the top-ranked New Zealander nine strokes behind leaders Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr and Sydnee Michaels.

Coming off a victory Sunday in California, the 18-year-old Ko had the triple bogey on the par-4 14th, followed with a double bogey on the par-4 15th and a bogey on the par-4 16th. She was tied for 117th in the 144-player field that will be cut to the top 70 and ties after the second round and to the top 50 and ties…