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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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