​The New Zealand Women’s Open will return in 2027 after a 10-year hiatus, the Ladies European Tour has announced. And, it will be headlined by Dame Lydia Ko, who won it in 2013, 2015 and 2016.Co-sanctioned by the LET and WPGA Tour of Australasia, the event will be held March 18-21 at Wainui Golf Club in Auckland.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Playing in front of a home crowd in New Zealand is always something really special to me and I’m thrilled the New Zealand Women’s Open is back,”Ko said in a release. “I grew up on the North Shore, so to have an event of this caliber at Wainui, just up the road, makes it feel even more like home.”The Amundi Evian Champion – Evian Resort Golf Club, 9th – 12th July 2026 – Evian-les-Bains, France. Lydia Ko of New Zealand with Tom Philips, CEO of the Ladies European Tour.The field of 132 will compete for a purse of €400,000. The event will be presented by Craigs Investment Partners. Sponsorship is secured through 2030.Ko was 15 years old when she won the 2013 edition for her third professional title. By that time she’d already won the 2012 CN Canadian Women’s Open on the LPGA, the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur and a previous ALPG event at age 14.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It’s always special to make history,” said a young Ko, after learning that she was the first Kiwi to win the New Zealand Women’s Open.Now, she returns to compete in the country that made her a Dame toward the twilight of her career. The 29-year-old has always said she’ll retire by age 30, and that’s unlikely the change.Beth Ann Nichols is a senior writer for Golfweek covering the LPGA and all things women’s golf.This article originally appeared on Golfweek: New Zealand Women’s Open will return after 10-year hiatus, headlined Dame Lydia Ko