Hyo Joo Kim dominates
Hyo Joo Kim pulled off a wire‑to‑wire victory at the LPGA Fortinet Founders Cup, holding a lead through a tense finish to take the title. The final leaderboard also showed Lottie Woad T14, Andrea Lee T51, Mao Saigo T27 and Angel Yin T19, rounding out the week’s notable finishes ( ).
Kim closed with a 1-over 73 for a 16-under 272 total, finishing one stroke ahead of Nelly Korda (15-under 273). (lpga.com) Her round-by-round scores were 63, 70, 66 and 73, including an opening-round eagle that helped produce a 63 on Thursday. (espn.com) In Sunday’s decisive moments Korda birdied six of eight holes to draw level, but Kim regained the edge with a birdie on No. 11, added another at No. 14 and saved par with a flop to 2½ feet on the 17th after hitting long. (lpga.com) Kim bogeyed 16 and closed with a bogey on 18, while Korda three-putted the 17th from about 3 feet to drop out of contention and finish second. (lpga.com) The victory is Kim’s eighth LPGA Tour title, brings her career total to 14 KLPGA wins as well, and marks her second Founders Cup triumph after winning the event in Phoenix in 2015. (lpga.com) The Fortinet Founders Cup was played March 19–22 at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park with a $3 million purse; Kim earned $450,000 for the win. (golfdigest.com)
