PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — South Korean rookie Sei Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic on 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.
Lydia Ko tied for seventh at 11 under in her first event as the No. 1 player in the world. She shot 70-68.
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