{"id":317595,"date":"2025-10-20T03:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/317595\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T03:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:31:14","slug":"sei-young-kim-ends-winless-drought-helps-break-lpga-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/317595\/","title":{"rendered":"Sei Young Kim ends winless drought, helps break LPGA record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sei Young Kim led the BMW Ladies Championship<\/a> at the end of first, second and third rounds this week at Pine Beach Golf Links in South Korea, but in the final round the nerves set in.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old South Korean pro hadn\u2019t won a tournament since 2020, but she was in position to end the drought on Sunday –\u00a0and then she missed a makable birdie putt on the first hole and three-putted for bogey on the third.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was very nervous from the very beginning, since it has been a while since I played in the last group, I wasn\u2019t sure whether this was real. So I really was questioning myself,\u201d Kim said. \u201c\u2026 My father always told me when I\u2019m nervous, \u2018Don\u2019t back off\u2019 and I tried to remember that mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim didn\u2019t make another bogey and made birdies on 5, 6, 7 and 9. She added two more on 14 and 15 to sign for a five-under 67 and cruised to the finish line. At 24 under, she beat runner-up Nasa Hataoka by four. Celine Boutier and A Lim Kim tied for third at 18 under.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Kim\u2019s 13th career victory, and she\u2019s now a record 27th different winner on the LPGA Tour this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it shows how strong the LPGA Tour is at the moment,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

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Back in 2019, Kim won three times, including the CME Group Tour Championship. She won twice more in 2020, highlighted by her only major title at the KPMG Women\u2019s PGA Championship<\/a> in October 2020 (which pushed her to No. 2 in the world). A month later she won the Annika but hasn\u2019t lifted another trophy since.<\/p>\n

As the drought continued, her confidence dwindled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere wasn\u2019t any victory for the past five years. I was worried that this was going to get longer,\u201d she said. \u201cI just wanted to try hard, whether it takes five years or 10 years. I think it\u2019s very important that you find the momentum and keep on that track, and keeping on the right track is I think one of the biggest lessons that I have learned. I want to take this momentum to have more wins in my career going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim started the day with a four-shot lead over Yealimi Noh and Hataoka, but Noh played the final 14 holes in even par after she was two under in the first four. Hataoka was one under after 11 and then birdied four of her last five, and while that late surge was good enough for runner-up honors, it wasn\u2019t near enough to scare Kim.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it took me more than 10 years to win in front of my family and friends,\u201d Kim said. \u201cIt means so much to me. It is a tournament that I really wanted to win, and I find that I can\u2019t express my words to all of it. I really had good energy from all the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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