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HYO JOO KIM WINS 2022 LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP

김 효주 2022 롯데 챔피언십에서 우승

orea’s Hyo Joo Kim captured her fifth career LPGA
KTour title on Saturday, shooting a final-round 71 to
reach -11 and win the 2022 LOTTE Championship by two
strokes over Hinako Shibuno of Japan. Kim, who started
the day with a three-stroke advantage, bogeyed the par-
3 17th to drop her lead to just one. But Kim executed a
superb pitch from off the green at No. 18 at Hoakalei
Country Club, leaving herself a 2-foot birdie putt to take
the victory.
“I'm proud of that shot,” said Kim. “Maybe I made a lot of
people like sit on the edge of their chairs, so I felt great
about it.”
Kim always kept just a step of ahead of Shibuno, who

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