Hyojoo Kim Achieves Second Consecutive Ladies European Tour Victory

Aramco Championship Final Round: 3-Under-Par Victory by Two Strokes
Champion for Two Consecutive Years, Winner's Prize 310 Million Won
Tamburlini Finishes 2nd, Park Seojin 3rd, Park Sunghyun 40th

Hyojoo Kim dominated the Ladies European Tour (LET) for the second consecutive year.

Hyojoo Kim achieved her second consecutive victory at the Aramco Championship. Photo by AP News Agency

On May 11, at New Korea Country Club (par 72, 6,387 yards) in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, she shot a 3-under-par 69 in the final third round of the Aramco Championship (total prize money: $2 million), clinching victory by two strokes with a total score of 7-under-par 209. Following last year, she once again claimed the title at this event. The winner's prize is $225,000 (approximately 310 million won). Earlier this year, Hyojoo Kim won the LPGA Tour Ford Championship in March and finished runner-up after a playoff at the major Chevron Championship in April.

Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland finished as runner-up with a score of 5-under-par 211. National team reserve Park Seojin (Seomun Girls' High School) surged to third place with a remarkable 7-under-par 65, finishing at 4-under-par 212. Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa dropped one stroke and finished tied for fourth at 2-under-par 214. National team member Choi Jeongwon (Korea National Sport University) finished tied for 17th at 1-over-par 217, while Park Sunghyun ended the tournament tied for 40th at 5-over-par 221.