HONOLULU — A Lim Kim received the Lotte Championship on Saturday for her second LPGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke victory over enjoying competitor Nataliya Guseva.
A stroke forward of Guseva getting into the day at breezy Hoakalei Nation Membership, Kim ended a six-hole par streak with a birdie on the par-5 18th.
The 29-year-old South Korean participant jumped from sixty fifth to twenty second within the Race to CME Globe standings to safe a spot within the 60-player season finale that pays $4 million to the winner. She received the U.S. Ladies’s Open in December 2020.
Guseva was attempting to turn into the primary Russian winner in LPGA Tour historical past. The 21-year-old former Miami participant parred the ultimate 5 holes in a 69.
Kim completed at 18-under 270.
Auston Kim was third at 15 below after a 67. Nasa Hataoka (67) was one other stroke again, and fellow Japanese participant Yuri Yoshida (69) and Ryann O’Toole (70) have been 13 below.
Angela Stanford closed with a 71 to tie for twenty sixth at 5 below in what could possibly be her closing LPGA Tour occasion. The 46-year-old Texan has seven tour victories.
“I actually didn’t get emotional till I used to be my scorecard,” Stanford mentioned. “I mentioned going into right this moment I needed to be me, I needed to play my sport. I hit each inexperienced on the again 9. All through my profession my iron play was what I relied on, in order that form of made me get teary-eyed.”
