김세영, LPGA 투어 CME 그룹 투어 챔피언십 우승...상금만 17억6천만원 VIDEO: Sei Young Kim pockets $1.5 million with clutch finish at CME Group Tour

Sei Young Kim pockets $1.5 million with clutch finish at CME Group Tour Championship
By Greg Hardwig, Naples Daily News

NAPLES, Fla. – Sei Young Kim may not have a major championship, but Sunday she had a major payday.

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우승 상금 17억6천만원 김세영 "내년 목표는 올림픽 출전과 4승"

한국 선수 네 번째로 LPGA 투어 10승 달성

   '빨간 바지의 마법사' 김세영(26)이 마지막 홀에서 8ｍ 버디 퍼트에 성공하고도 "만일 그 홀에서 파를 했다면 연장전에 가는 상황인 줄 몰랐다"고 털어놨다.

김세영은 25일(한국시간) 미국 플로리다주 네이플스에서 막을 내린 미국여자프로골프(LPGA) 투어 CME 그룹 투어 챔피언십(총상금 500만달러)에서 최종합계 18언더파 270타로 우승했다.

이 대회 우승 상금 150만달러(약 17억6천만원)는 역대 여자 골프 사상 우승 상금으로 가장 많은 액수다.

올해 US오픈이 총상금 550만달러로 CME그룹 투어 챔피언십보다 50만달러가 많았지만 우승 상금은 이번 대회가 US오픈의 100만달러보다 50만달러 더 많다.

김세영은 시즌 상금 275만3천99달러를 기록, 277만달러의 고진영에 이어 상금 2위로 시즌을 마쳤다.
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The 26-year-old from South Korea sank a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to win the largest check in women’s golf history, taking the $1.5 million at the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburón Golf Club.

Kim came to the 18th with a two-shot lead over playing partner Nelly Korda, but did not know that Charley Hull had finished at 17 under to tie her.

CME Group Tour Championship
Total purse: $5 million

1st place: $1.5 million
2nd: $480,000
3rd: $310,882
4th: $226,432
5th: $175,912

“I was thinking ‘What if Nelly made (a birdie on No. 18),” said Kim, who won for the 10th time in her career and third time this season. “I tried to make two putts. That was my mindset. After I made it, I saw the leaderboard. I didn’t know that Charley (Hull) finished at 17 under. So what if I didn’t make it, we would have gone to a playoff and that wouldn’t have been good for me. So, wow.”

Caddie Paul Fusco wasn’t going to let Kim know what was at stake.

“I knew she had to make it, but I was never going to tell her that she had to make this,” he said. “That would’ve created too much pressure.”

Hull, who won the tournament with a record 19 under in 2016, shot a 66 that included birdies on the final three holes to get to 17 under to tie Kim.

“They’re kind of always in my mind around this golf course,” Hull said of recalling 2016. “Kind of (No.) 15 I looked at the leaderboard and I thought I’ve got a chance here if I make – if I birdie in. Didn’t birdie 15, but birdied 16, 17, and 18. I gave it my best shot.”

CME Group Tour Championship: Leaderboard

Sei Young Kim poses with the trophy and winner’s check after winning the 2019 CME Group Tour Championship on Nov. 24, 2019 in Naples, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

Kim struck the putt and the ball fell into the left side of the cup.

“So I just try and make the right distance; made it,” she said. “It’s unbelievable. I was like so emotional. Almost crying. But I try I’m not going to cry.”

Jin Young Ko, the Player of the Year who also won the Vare Trophy for lowest stroke average on Sunday, and Mi Hyang Lee doused Kim with water after she finished.

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