Kim misses playoff by one stroke...finishes third at LPGA Arkansas Championship

Kim misses playoff by one stroke...finishes third at LPGA Arkansas Championship

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South Korea's Se-Young Kim made a late charge on the final day of the Walmart Women's Professional Golf Tour's Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, but missed out on a playoff by one stroke to finish in a tie for third place.

Kim shot an 8-under-par 63 with one eagle and six birdies in the third round of the final day of play at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, USA, today (March 30).

The 12-time LPGA Tour winner totaled 16 under par, but was unable to join the playoff between Thailand's Jasmine Suwanapura and Lucy Lee of the United States in third place.

After a somewhat subdued round with just three strokes to play through the 13th, Kim picked up momentum with three straight birdies from the 14th, 파워볼실시간 but her birdie streak was cut short at the par-3 17th when her birdie putt from less than five feet missed the hole by a hair.

Kim hit her second shot at the long, 488-yard 18th hole with an iron to the green and holed an eagle putt from five meters, but was unable to make the turn.

Thailand's Suwanapura eagled the 18th hole in the second overtime to defeat Lee and win her third LPGA title, earning about $590 million in prize money.