Seoul: Kim Hyo-joo has reached the LPGA winner's circle for the second consecutive week. She has also won in back-to-back weeks for the first time in her LPGA career and accomplished her first successful title defense. Kim, 30, is the first South Korean LPGA player since Ko Jin-young in 2023 to win multiple tournaments in a season.

According to Yonhap News Agency, a South Korean player has now won three LPGA tournaments in a row, with Lee Mi-hyang having won the Blue Bay LPGA in China on March 8 before Kim went double dipping. Kim entered the final round with a four-shot advantage over Korda at 25-under 191, the lowest 54-hole score in LPGA history. Sunday was their fifth consecutive round together in the same group.

Kim survived a double bogey at the eighth hole that cut her lead to just one, picking up three birdies the rest of the way. Kim couldn't quite get to the LPGA record of 31-under 257, set by fellow South Korean Kim Sei-young at the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic.