Future Tour:
Korean Teen Wins FUTURES Tour Qualifying Tournament By Five Shots
LAKELAND, Fla., Nov. 11, 2005 -- The FUTURES Golf Tour's Qualifying Tournament brings a new cast of young international talent to this Central Florida town each year and invariably, a fresh new face steps up and makes her initial mark in women's professional golf.
That was again the case when amateur Song-Hee Kim of Seoul, South Korea, fired her career-low round of nine-under-par 63 on the third day and stayed out of the field's reach down the stretch in today's final round. Kim, 17, carded a score of two-under-par 70 today to complete the 72-hole event at 270 (-18) -- a tournament record since the FUTURES Golf Tour began holding a qualifying tournament in 1999. For the record, Kim's performance shattered last year's four-day qualifying total of 279, set by Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome.
"I couldn't catch her," said runner-up Brittany Lang of McKinney, Texas, who carded rounds of 69-69-69-68 to finish alone in second place at 13-under-par 275. "I had it to five under today, but she was really solid and she's really long. There are a lot of great young players right now, like Paula [Creamer] and Michelle [Wie], and she's in the next wave." Full Story under Daily Wrap-Ups>>
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