South Korea’s A Lim Kim, a major champion, clinched her first LPGA title as a tour member at the Lotte Championship. The 2020 U.S. Women’s Open winner narrowly edged Russia’s Nataliya Guseva by two strokes in her 100th start since claiming a major title. The victory vaults Kim into field for the CME Group Tour Championship.

Nearly four years and 99 starts since A Lim Kim's maiden LPGA title at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, the South Korean broke through in the Lotte Championship for her second career LPGA victory. Going nearly wire-to-wire Kim closed with a four-under 68,

A Lim Kim had a hole-in-one on the par-3 ninth and birdied the final two holes for a 5-under 67 and one-stroke lead over Nataliya Guseva on Friday in the Lotte Championship.