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Monday 9 July 2018

K-RAYS

Sei Young Kim hits from the
fairway on No. 5 during the
Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
golf tournament Sunday, July
8, 2018, in Oneida, Wis.
Associated Press
Kim shatters

LPGA scoring

records, wins

by 9 shots

By BILL HUBER
Associated Press
ONEIDA, Wis. (AP) — Sei
Young Kim became the
first player in LPGA Tour his-
tory to go lower than 30
under in a performance so
dominant in the Thornberry
Creek LPGA Classic that
she now has the tour scor-
ing records all to herself.
Kim closed with a 7-under
65 on Sunday for a nine-
shot victory, finishing at
31-under 257 to break by
four shots to par the record
Kim had shared with An-
nika Sorenstam.
Kim won the 2016 Found-
ers Cup at 27 under, while
Sorenstam won the 2001
Standard Register Ping at
27 under, the tournament
Sorenstam shot 59.
Kim also set the 72-hole
scoring record at 257, fin-
ishing with three straight
pars to break the mark by Eovaldi takes perfect game into the seventh
one shot.
The only blemish for Kim all
week at Thornberry Creek Tampa Bay Rays’ Nathan Eovaldi
at Oneida was a double
bogey in the second round delivers a pitch during the first inning of
Friday. a baseball game against the New York
She had 31 birdies and
one eagle, another record Mets, Sunday, July 8, 2018, in New York.
for most sub-par holes in a Associated Press
tournament.
Kim hit 67 out of 72 greens Page 20
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