HAENAM, South Korea — Decade-long LPGA Tour veteran Sei Young Kim carded a last spherical 67 to carry off any last spherical challengers as she claimed a four-stoke victory on the BMW Women Championship on Sunday.
It was Kim’s thirteenth profession title since becoming a member of the tour in 2015, and ended a five-year lengthy drought since her final match victory on the Ladies’s PGA Championship in 2020.
Kim, 32, completed with a four-round whole of 24-under-264 at Pine Seaside Golf Hyperlinks on the Korean peninsula, with the South Korean solely dropping a shot on the par-3 third earlier than discovering six birdies via the rest of the spherical to comfortably maintain her closest rival, Nasa Hataoka, at bay.
Hataoka of Japan additionally had a last spherical 67 to complete at 20-under 268, with Celine Boutier (67) and Kim A-lim (66) an extra two photographs again in a share for third place.
Defending champion Hannah Green shot 66 and completed at 17-under 271 in a share for fifth with Yealimi Noh (70) of the US. Fellow American Lindy Duncan (65) was a shot additional again in a three-way tie for seventh with South Korean pair Choi Hye-jin (63) and An Na-rin (63) who shared the bottom spherical of the day.
Jeeno Thitikul final week turned the primary a number of winner on the LPGA this season with a five-hole playoff win in Shanghai over Minami Katsu. Thitikul didn’t play this week however will probably be a part of Thailand’s crew within the Worldwide Crown subsequent week.
After the Worldwide Crown, two extra LPGA occasions are scheduled on the five-event Asian swing — at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Japan.
