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Sunday,  the  16-year  old  girl  who
                                                                                  wore red for the first time in a junior
                                                                                  tournament  back  home  in  Korea,
                                                                                  became a major champion.
                                                                                  “It's  a  dream  come  true,”  Kim  said.
                                                                                  “I'm  waiting  for  a  while  to  reach
                                                                                  my  biggest  goal  to  win  a  major
                                                                                  tournament, so I'm very glad to win
                                                                                  the  first  major  tournament  at  the
                                                                                  KPMG.”


                                                                                       타운 스퀘어, 펜실베이니아 주 – 김
                                                                                  뉴세영은 16세의 나이로 한국에서 처
                                                                                  음으로 우승했다. 그때부터 김세영은 일요
                                                                                  일에 빨간색 옷을 입기 시작했다.

           Anna Nordqvist
                                                                                  결국 일요일에 빨간 바지를 입고 다시 우
                                                                                  승했다.


                                                                                  이번에는 KPMG 우먼스 PGA 챔피언십에
           up to at the 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA   won  a  historic  $1.5  million  dollars,   서 처음으로 큰 영광을 맛본 김세영은 시
           Championship. This time, it was Kim   the  biggest  pay  day  in  the  women’s   그니처인 빨간 바지를 입고 있었다. 아로
           who came out on top.               game. In 2018, Kim set a new 72-hole   니밍크 골프 클럽에서 36홀과 54홀 리드
                                              scoring  record  on  the  LPGA  Tour   를 유지한 김세영은 일요일에 단 한 번도
           Park,  a  three-time  winner  of  the   when she won at 31-under par at the   리드를 빼앗기지 않았다.
           KPMG Women’s PGA Championship,     Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic and
           mounted a Sunday charge and made   shattered  the  record  previously  set   김세영은  자신있게  “선데이  레드”를  고
           it  a  two-horse  race.  Park  drained  a   by Annika Sorenstam.       르고  마무리를  공격적으로  했다.  우즈는
           15-footer for birdie at the par 4, 12th
           hole  to  cut  Kim’s  lead  to  two.  But
           Park missed a birdie opportunity at
           the  par  4,  13  and  slumped  over  in
           disappointment,  knowing  Kim  was
           slipping  away.  Kim  responded  with
           back-to-back  birdies  to  extend  her
           lead to four with five holes to play.
           “I'm happy to have Inbee as a fellow
           competitor  and  a  great  sister,”  Kim
           said about her fellow Korean. “I look
           up to her, and I feel appreciative that
           she gave a compliment to me, and I
           look  forward  to  competing  against
           her in many other tournaments.”
           In 2015, Kim capped off the season
           with  a  third  victory  and  took  home
           Rookie of the Year honors. She added
           seven more victories to her growing
                                                        Brooke Henderson
           resume,  including  the  2019  CME
           Group Tour Championship where she

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