Notable Quotes

Sei Young Kim, Rep. of Korea (63-65-64-65, -31), on breaking the all-time LPGA 72-hole scoring record:

“I would never thought about it when I was young, about the course record. But after two years ago JTBC I shoot a 27-under; that’s tie record with Annika Sorenstam. After that, I wanted to -- really wanted course record. Yeah, I’m very happy with dream come true.”

Katherine Kirk, Australia (62-71-69-71, -15), on Sei Young Kim’s performance:

“In a word, phenomenal. We knew that you could go low around this golf course, but she’s, yeah, taken it to a whole ‘nother level.”

Emma Talley, United States (65-68-68-67), on getting help with her game:

"My dad actually helped me with my putting in Arkansas, which was two tournaments ago, so last week was kind of a tester. This week my putting was great. Yeah, I've been working on my swing a little bit. After the first round my driver was bad. My boyfriend who caddies helped me with my driver, and I hit all the fairways, most of them at least, the rest of the week. Everything felt right, so hopefully I can carry that to next week."

Best Notes

The Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic is the second tournament of the 2018 season that multiple players finished at 20-under par or better, joining the Honda LPGA Thailand; the last time five or more players finished at 20-under par or better was the 2017 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic (seven players at -20 or better).
Rolex Rankings No. 26 Sei Young Kim’s nine-stroke margin of victory is the largest on the LPGA Tour since the 2015 Fubon LPGA Taiwan, where Lydia Ko (-20) won by nine strokes over So Yeon Ryu and Eun-Hee Ji
Sei Young Kim’s 31-under par total matches the PGA TOUR record for the most strokes under par (72 holes) in a win set by Ernie Els at the 2003 Mercedes Championship
Kim had one over-par hole this week, a double-bogey on the par-3 17th during the front nine of her second round
Kim ranked first in the field hitting 67/72 of greens in regulation (93.05%) this week; the total is the most in a single tournament in her LPGA career, besting her mark of 63/72 GIR at the 2017 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
Kim ranked first in the field with 31 birdies on the week; the total is the most in a single tournament in her LPGA career, besting her mark of 29 birdies at the 2016 CP Women’s Open
Kim is now 3-for-5 winning tournaments with at least a share of the lead heading into the final round
With her win, Kim earns $300,000; she has earned $647,366 this season and $5,191,525 in her career, becoming the 61st player in LPGA history to break the $5 million threshold
2018 LPGA rookie Emma Talley (-20) recorded the best finish of her LPGA career and her third top-seven finish in 2018
Talley scored all four rounds in the 60s in a tournament for the first time in her LPGA career and beat her previous low tournament score to par by 12 strokes.
Eight different countries were represented in the top 14 players on the final leaderboard this week – Rep. of Korea (4), Spain, Sweden (2), USA, England (3), Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico, Canada
Defending champion Rolex Rankings No. 64 Katherine Kirk finished T20

Best Notes and Quotes from Historic Sunday at Thornberry Creek

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