Rookie wins LPGA event in playoff
South Korea’s Sei Young Kim wins playoff in Bahamas
South Korean rookie Sei Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, holing an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with countrywoman Sun Young Yoo and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn.
The 22-year-old Kim shot a 1-under 72 in the completion of the delayed third round and closed with a 68 to match Yoo and Jutanugarn at 14-under 278 on Atlantis Resort’s Ocean Club course.
Kim birdied the par-5 18th in regulation and won the playoff with her birdie on the hole.
A five-time winner on the Korea LPGA, Kim tied for sixth at the LPGA Tour’s Q-school to earn a card. She missed the cut last week in Florida in the season-opening Coates Golf Championship.
Kim had six birdies and a bogey in the final round.
Yoo finished with rounds of 69 and 70, and Jutanugarn shot 70-69.
Brittany Lincicome was third at 13 under after rounds of 68 and 70.
Goydos edges Sauers: Paul Goydos closed with a birdie for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke victory over Gene Sauers in the Champions Tour’s Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Fla.
Goydos chipped to a foot from behind the par-5 18th green and tapped in for his second victory in 12 career starts of the 50-and-over tour. He won twice in 507 starts on the PGA Tour.
On a wild day at Broken Sound where nine players had a share of the lead at some point, Goydos finished at 12-under 204 to claim the $255,000 first prize.