Kim Hyo-joo received the HSBC Girls’s World Championship at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Membership on Sunday as Australian Hannah Green bogeyed the final two holes at hand the South Korean victory within the $1.6 million event.
Kim’s eight-under par last spherical of 64 earned her the title with a 4 spherical rating of 17-under par, though it was Inexperienced’s failure to see out the final two holes in regulation that finally gave the 25-year-old first place.
Inexperienced, who had been third going into the ultimate spherical, saved herself in rivalry with a pair of birdies on the entrance 9 earlier than hitting an eagle on the 14th that pulled her degree with Kim.
A 15-foot putt on the 16th secured one other birdie that took the 2019 Girls’s PGA Championship winner into the lead, just for her to drop again right into a tie with Kim when she three-putted the 17th gap.
There was worse to return for the Australian on the last gap when, needing a par to take proceedings right into a two-hole playoff, she despatched her strategy off the again fringe of the inexperienced.
Her first try raced effectively previous the outlet and, after taking two makes an attempt to sink the ball from there, Inexperienced slipped again into second at hand Kim her first title on the LPGA Tour in 5 years.
In a single day chief Lin Xiyu ended up in a share for third having initially struggled to maintain tempo with the surges on the high of the leaderboard.
A one-under par spherical of 71 noticed her end degree on 15-under par with Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit and Inbee Park.
Tavatanakit, who received April’s ANA Inspirational and was making her first-ever look on the event in her rookie season as an expert, hit a seven-under par spherical of 65.