Kim Arim is the LPGA top after 3 years and 11 months...Korean Player Wins 3rd Time This Year

[Anchor]
Kim A-rim won the Lotte Championship on the LPGA Tour in the U.S.

It is Kim A-rim's second career win in three years and 11 months, and the third victory for Korean players on the LPGA this season.

I'm reporter Yang Si-chang.

[Reporter]
Kim A-rim, who made a birdie putt on the 18th hole, takes the ball out of the hole cup and greets the gallery with a great greeting.

Soon after, the athletes who participated together share joy by spraying water and champagne.

This is the moment when Kim A-rim confirmed her LPGA victory in three years and 11 months.

4Round Total 18 under par.

It was a wire-to-wire win that never gave up the lead from the first day of the tournament to the final round, but the process was not easy.

Kim A-rim calmly solved the game with a precise long shot, although she once allowed a joint lead to the Russian Salvation Bar, which was ranked second by one stroke until the previous day.

Back-to-back birdies on the 10th and 11th holes widened the gap to two strokes again,
On the 12th hole
, the chip shot fell off the flagpole and followed the luck of protecting the par.

He birdied again at the 18th hole, which he birdied throughout this tournament, and finished the tournament by two strokes over the Guseba, which finished with par.

Kim Arim's second LPGA Tour victory in 3 years and 11 months after winning the US Open in 2020,

It is the third Korean LPGA victory this year, following Yang Hee-young of the Women's PGA Championship in June and Yoo Hae-ran of the FM Championship in September.

[Kim Arim / LPGA Tour Pro: I kept thinking about doing everything I prepared. I already saw the best performance when I was preparing, so I just trusted and hit it.]

With this victory, Kim Arim also raised her CME Globe point ranking from 65th to 22nd, virtually confirming her participation in the final match of the season with the top 60 players.

It's YTN Yang Si-chang.

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