HONOLULU — A Lim Kim gained the Lotte Championship on Saturday for her second LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a two–stroke victory over enjoying accomplice Nataliya Guseva.
“Tremendous enjoyable,” Kim stated. “On the course I really feel like extra enjoyable. It was tremendous enjoyable. I have not felt this fashion in a very long time.”
A stroke forward of Guseva getting into the day at breezy Hoakalei Nation Membership, Kim ended a six-hole par streak with a birdie on the par-5 18th.
“Actually, my focus at all times identical,” Kim stated. “Not deal with end result. It is deal with my course of after which routine after which pondering and select my line after which go.”
The 29-year-old South Korean participant jumped from sixty fifth to twenty second within the Race to CME Globe standings to safe a spot within the 60-player season finale that pays $4 million to the winner. She gained the U.S. Ladies’s Open in December 2020.
“I used to be assured that I might make it to the CME, so I actually have not given it a lot thought.” Kim stated.
Guseva was attempting to turn out to be the primary Russian winner in LPGA Tour historical past. The 21-year-old former Miami participant parred the ultimate 5 holes in a 69.
“Clearly, congrats to A Lim for an ideal sport,” Guseva stated. “I actually did my finest on the market. I by no means gave up. Each gap like I gave simply my 100% and greater than that.”
Kim completed at 18-under 270.
Auston Kim was third at 15 beneath after a 67.
“It has been a protracted yr,” Auston Kim stated. “Plenty of good classes and hard moments, however actually pleased with myself for bouncing again after the powerful weeks and with the ability to play some actually stable golf.”
Nasa Hataoka (67) was one other stroke again, and fellow Japanese participant Yuri Yoshida (69) and Ryann O’Toole (70) have been 13 beneath.
Angela Stanford closed with a 71 to tie for twenty sixth at 5 beneath in what could possibly be her remaining LPGA Tour occasion. The 46-year-old Texan has seven tour victories.
“I actually did not get emotional till I used to be taking a look at my scorecard,” Stanford stated. “I stated going into at the moment I wished to be me, I wished to play my sport. I hit each inexperienced on the again 9. All through my profession my iron play was what I relied on, in order that form of made me get teary-eyed.”
