Kim’s win ensures the 29-year-old South Korean’s spot in the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, jumping her from 65th to 22nd in the points standings.
In 2011, Park changed her swing and saw her driving distance drop below the average distance of LPGA winners. Since then, she’s won 20 LPGA events, six Majors and an Olympic gold medal.
Due to a unique set of circumstance that begins with COVID-19 pandemic, new US Women’s Open champion A Lim Kim and Women’s British Open winner Sophia Popov will not be playing at Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida