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Gina Kim and Yana Wilson Team to Win the Dow Championship for Their First LPGA Tour Titles
Gina Kim and Yana Wilson closed with an 8-under 62 to win by two strokes and claim their first LPGA Tour titles.
- On Sunday, Gina Kim and Yana Wilson won the Dow Championship at Midland Country Club, securing their first LPGA Tour titles with a two-stroke victory over Hyo Joo Kim and Hye-Jin Choi.
- Trailing by one stroke after Saturday's alternate-shot third round, the duo combined for an eagle and six birdies in the final round, closing with an 8-under 62 to leapfrog the overnight leaders.
- Kim holed out for eagle on the par-4 fifth hole, helping the pair finish at 17-under 263 after transitioning from the developmental Epson Tour to the LPGA.
- "This is a life-changer," said Kim, who endured three straight missed cuts before the victory. She noted the win is "definitely changing the trajectory" of her career.
- Wilson, making her ninth LPGA start as a rookie, looks ahead to three major championships over the next five weeks after the victory at Midland Country Club.
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In a team-based LPGA Tour event, Hyo-Joo Kim and Hye-Jin Choi started the final round in the lead but finished as runners-up. On the 15th (Korean time), at the Dow Championship (total prize money $3.3 million) held at Midland Country Club (par 70) in Michigan, USA, Kim and Choi recorded a final total of 15-under-par 265 by making five birdies in the fourth round. They allowed Gina Kim (USA) and Jana Wilson (USA), who started in second place one …
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[your]NEWSGina Kim, Yana Wilson each win first LPGA title at Dow team event
Gina Kim and Yana Wilson are the newest winners on the LPGA Tour after they combined for an 8-under-par 62 Sunday to win the Dow Championship, the tour's only team event, at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.
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