Sei Younger Kim ended a five-year winless run on the LPGA Tour with a four-shot victory on the BMW Women Championship in South Korea.
The previous main champion took a four-shot lead into the ultimate day at Pine Seaside Golf Hyperlinks, with Kim retaining management – on dwelling soil – by mixing six birdies with a lone bogey throughout a final-round 67.
Kim recovered from an early bogey on the par-three third to register 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch from the fifth, seeing her flip in 33, then prolonged her benefit with back-to-back positive aspects from the 14th.
A 3-par end saved Kim on 24 beneath and comfortably forward of closest challenger Nasa Hataoka, who matched her five-under 67, whereas A Lim Kim ended six strokes again in tied-third alongside Celine Boutier.
Victory is Kim’s thirteenth on the LPGA Tour since becoming a member of in 2015 however first since profitable the inaugural version of The Annika, previously often known as the Pelican Ladies’s Championship, in November 2020.
Hataoka birdied 4 of her final 5 holes – together with every of the final three – to scale back Kim’s profitable margin, with Kim and Boutier’s closing rounds each bogey-free to carry them into tied-third.
“Pretty happy with the result,” Boutier stated. “I feel like I didn’t really know what to expect coming into the week but very happy to have contended a little bit and give myself a few chances out there, even when it was really windy.”
Defending champion Hannah Inexperienced additionally produced a three-birdie end to shut a six-under 66 and soar into tied-fifth with Yealimi Noh, who began the day in second however slipped again with a final-round 70.
Korean pair Hye-Jin Choi and Narin An fired round-of-the-day 63s to seize a share of seventh with American Lindy Duncan, with Minjee Lee and Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen among the many group ending tied-Tenth.
A four-under 68 noticed Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh end in tied-Nineteenth, whereas Lottie Woad moved inside the highest 25 after posing seven birdies in her six-under 66.
What’s subsequent?
The LPGA Tour stays in South Korea for the Hanwha Lifeplus Worldwide Crown, a staff occasion the place Thailand are the defending champions. Reside protection begins on Thursday from 3am on Sky Sports activities Combine. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with no contract on NOW.
