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Sunday 19 October 2025LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins BMW Ladies Championship
Pine Beach Golf Links, Haenam-gun, South Korea (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 October 2025 · Sei Young Kim’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,300,000 USD · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Nasa Hataoka JPN · 268Closed with 67 but never got closer than Kim's four-shot overnight cushion allowed; finished four back. Sei Young Kim wins 2025 BMW Ladies Championship by 4 strokes to end 5-year drought (AP via LPGA.com)
78 started
Same week
LPGA event
BMW Ladies Championship
Pine Beach Golf Links, Pine Beach Golf Links, Haenam-gun, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sei Young Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2025
So when I turned pro, I wanted people to remember me, and I thought of Tiger Woods always red shirts. So I was looking for, why not go for the red trousers.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 October 2025
So from this year, my actual goal is to pull up my World Ranking, and I think that ranking tells a value of player in the world.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sei Young Kim | 62 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Nasa Hataoka | 67 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | A Lim Kim | 67 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Celine Boutier | 69 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Hannah Green | 68 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Yealimi Noh | 66 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Narin An | 67 · 72 · 70 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Hye-Jin Choi | 68 · 66 · 75 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Lindy Duncan | 64 · 71 · 72 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 71 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Stephanie Kyriacou | 68 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Hyo Joo Kim | 63 · 68 · 76 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Minjee Lee | 68 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Somi Lee | 66 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Rio Takeda | 65 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1993-01-21, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2010; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 1; world No. 21 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2025-10-13 (published by LPGA.com), row: 21 +3 +17 Kim, Sei Young ‐ 4110 KOR 44 142.7596 3.2445).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet