Kim battles to maiden Tour title
Kim recorded four consecutive sub-70 rounds
Young Kim (Kor)
Mi Hyun Kim (Kor),Paula Creamer (USA)
In-Kyung Kim (Kor), B Bader (USA)
Laura Davies (Eng), Becky Morgan
Janice Moodie (Sco)
Going into the final round tied with Americans Beth Bader and Paula Creamer at 16 under par, Kim shot a four-under 68 to win by three strokes on 20 under.Creamer, who was looking for her second win of the season, settled for a 71 to end on 17 under with Mi Hyun Kim (70).England’s Laura
Davies and Wales’ Becky Morgan were tied for 11th on 12-under with Scot Janice Moodie on 10-under.American Bader could only manage a 72 and tied for fourth with another Korean In-Kyung Kim at 16-under.Young Kim had just one bogey in the first three rounds and was cruising in her final round with four birdies in her first seven holes.However, bogeys followed at the 8th and 9th and Creamer took a one-shot lead at the 12th with a birdie, only to give it back with a bogey on the 14th.Kim regained the lead with a birdie on the same hole, firing her approach within inches of the pin and tapping in.She sealed the first prize of $97,500 with another birdie on the 17th.”I feel really great and I cannot believe it. After win everything is more confident to me.”It has really given me more confidence. So I think everything is better as I now have victory.”