HAINAN, South Korea — Ten-year LPGA Tour veteran Sei-young Kim carded a final-round 67 at the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday, holding off her challengers and winning by four strokes.
This was Kim’s 13th career title since joining the tour in 2015, ending a five-year drought since her last tournament win at the 2020 Women’s PGA Championship.
The 32-year-old Kim finished with a four-round total of 24-under 264 at Pine Beach Golf Links on the Korean peninsula, with the South Korean missing just one shot on the par-3 third and making six birdies over the rest of the round to comfortably keep her closest rival, Nasa Hataoka, at bay.
Japan’s Hataoka also shot a final-round 67 to finish at 20-under 268, leaving Celine Boutier (67) and Kim Ah-rim (66) in third place, two strokes behind.
Defending champion Hannah Green shot a 66 and tied for fifth place with America’s Yearimi Noh (70) at 17-under 271. Fellow American Lindy Duncan (age 65) was in a three-way tie for seventh place with Korea’s Choi Hye-jin (age 63) and Ahn Narin (age 63), who shared the last round of the day, and was one stroke behind.
Gino Titicle became the first multiple winner on the LPGA Tour this season when he won a five-hole playoff over Minami Katsu in Shanghai last week. Titikul did not play this week but will be part of Thailand’s national team at next week’s International Crown.
After the International Crown, the five-tournament Asian Swing will feature two more LPGA events in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Japan.