From the AP:
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — Sei Young Kim holed out from 154 yards for eagle to win the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship on the first hole of a playoff Saturday with Inbee Park.
“This is probably the second most memorable shot for me,” Kim said through a translator. “In 2013, I won a tournament, which had the biggest prize money on KLPGA. I won that tournament by making a hole-in-one on 17, so that was probably my most memorable shot. Sorry.”
Her third most memorable shot might have come on the 18th in regulation.
Moments after sinking a sneaky par putt on 17 to stay even with Park, Kim hit her drive into the water.
“I saw the ball go into the hazard and I thought, ‘What have I done to deserve this fate?'” Kim said. “Then the gift came right back after that. I still can’t believe what just happened.”
She’s the first two-time winner on the LPGA Tour this year, after taking the Bahamas event — also in a playoff — in February in her second start as a tour member.
“Today, I didn’t see it coming,” Sei Young Kim said. “I don’t know what I’ve done again to deserve this, but I feel like every time I win a tournament I have to do something crazy or overcome some type of obstacles. I don’t know why it keeps happening, but it feels good.”
Check out Kim’s tying and then winning shots. They are the last two in the video, her winner barely clears the water on 18 before it heads for the hole.
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