"Even if it's not 100% what to do and win," Kim Min-sol gets scarier. "My goal is to rank high in all categories." [KLPGA]

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Kim Min-sol (20, Doosan Engineering & Construction), the first winner of the Rookie of the Year award, has already lifted the trophy for the third time on the KLPGA Tour iM Financial Open (total prize money of 1 billion won).

Kim Min-sol tied four birdies, one bogey and one double bogey to post a 1-under 71 in the final fourth round of the tournament held at Sunsan (par 72) in Gumi Golf Zone County, North Gyeongsang Province on the 12th.

Kim Min-sol, who recorded 11-under 277 overall, beat Kim Si-hyun (NH Investment & Securities), Jeon Ye-sung (Samcheon-ri), and Ahn Ji-hyun (Medi Hill), who both shot 7-under 281, by four strokes to win the championship.

Kim Min-sol, who won four games in the first half of last year's Dream Tour (Part 2) and won the BC Card and Hankyung Ladies Cup in August as a recommended player, also won the Dongbu Construction and Korea Land Trust Championship two months later.

However, he did not play more than 50% of last year's competition, so he remained eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, tied for 20th in the Lijuran Championship and 53rd in The Siena Open, but he made an accident once again in this competition.

It was his second wire-to-wire win of the season and his second personal record. He has won three games in 20 competitions, showing tremendous momentum. He also rose to first place in the Rookie of the Year points by adding 345 points, and ranked fifth with 70 points in the grand prize points. With the addition of 180 million won in prize money, the prize money ranking also jumped 27 notches to third place.

Wire-to-wire produced an impeccable victory from process to result. Kim Min-sol, who started the first round with seven birdies and one bogey to score six under par, remained tied for the lead despite losing two shots in the second half, unlike the first half, when she had three birdies in the second round, and cut three shots in the third round before ending the final day with a two-shot lead.

Kim Min-sol, who started with a birdie in the first hole (par 4) and failed to reduce the number of pars with a bogey in the third hole (par 4), made birdies in succession in the sixth hole (par 5) and the seventh hole (par 4).

On the 11th hole (par 4), he made a putt on the green at the 3rd time and lost two strokes, shaking, but he immediately birdied the 12th hole (par 4) and rebounded, and then secured the championship by keeping the par with stable game management.

It was a feat achieved even though the shot was not overall satisfactory. According to the KLPGA, Kim Min-sol said, "I'm happy to win a wire-to-wire title at the beginning of the season. "I didn't have a good shot at this tournament, but I felt that I could win the B game, not the A game (everything is in perfect condition)," he said.

He is considered a monster rookie, but he intends to take one step forward. "It's not that I don't have a goal, but I try not to think about too consequential goals," he said, "It was hard to achieve the goal last season as well. So I'm trying to set small goals and achieve them one by one," he said.

Even at a young age, he is getting more seasoned as he goes through the competition. Despite his aggressive style, he looked different in this tournament. Kim Min-sol said, "It was difficult to be aggressive because I didn't have a good shot," adding, "It's important to gain a lot of experience and I hope to be in a high ranking in all categories." If I had to pick a goal, he expressed his desire to achieve the most wins this season.

Meanwhile, Patsarajuta Kongkrapan (Thailand) ranked fifth with a 5-under 283 and Ko Ji-won (Samcheon-ri), who won the opening cup in Korea last week, tied for sixth with Lee Ye-won (Medi Hill), Bang Shin-sil (KB Financial Group), Song Eun-ah (Daebo Construction) and Kim Min-sun (Daebang Construction) with a 4-under 284. "Defending champion" Kim Min-joo (24, Samchully) tied for 19th with a 1-under 287.

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