Kim runs away with Women’s PGA
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Sei Young Kim lined up for a putt on the 18th hole to seal her first LPGA major championship and somehow missed by inches.
But the 27-year-old South Korean laughed off the rare misstep, tapped in the winner and shed the unwelcome label of winningest golfer on the tour without a major. Kim raised her arms “Rocky” style, hugged her caddie and, at last, was a major champion.
Kim chewed up Aronimink Golf Club in record style, shooting a 7-under 63 on Sunday to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. She was five strokes better than runner-up Inbee Park, never seriously challenged on the arduous course in suburban Philadelphia.