BMW Ladies Championship R4

BMW Ladies 2021 R4
October 21-24
LPGA International Busan, Busan, Republic of Korea
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Jin Young Ko started the day four shots behind overnight leader and fellow South Korean Hee Jeong Lim.

BMW Ladies 2021 R4

She produced six birdies on the front nine to make the turn in 30 then made two more to sign for a bogey-free 64 to reach 22-under leading to a playoff agains four-time KLPGA winner Lim.

Ko birdied the first extra hole to win her second consecutive title, her eleventh overall, and the 200th win by a Korean -born player on the LPGA Tour. She is now tied fourth in most wins by a Korean player in Tour history.

BMW Ladies 2021 R4

“I thought, going into the fourth round, that if I give it my best shot, that I would have a shot at winning.

“I wasn’t that nervous going into the playoff. I think I was feeding off the confidence I had during the round ,” said Ko. “When I was heading to the tee ground, I turned to Dave and I told him that this was my first playoff ever, and he smiled, and he said, ‘Welcome.’ And that helped me ease those nerves.”

BMW Ladies 2021 R4

Victory this week clinches her the Leaders Top 10 competition with her fourth win of the season and she is projected to move back to number 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings ahead of American Nelly Korda.

“I wasn’t too conscious, actually, of the ranking. I always feel if your game is in good form and you keep at it, you can reach that ranking ,” said Ko. “I felt if I kept at it and worked hard this year I might have a chance within this year. So I did return to that spot earlier than I expected. I’m going to do my best so that I can maintain that position.”

BMW Ladies 2021 R4

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko also closed with a bogey-free 64 for her ninth top-10 result this year. Tied alongside Ko for third place at 17-under are South Koreans A Lim Kim (64), Da Yeon Lee (65) and Na Rin An (69)

“My iron shots and shots into the greens were really solid. I started off well birdieing the first three holes and tried to feed off that momentum for the rest of the day,” said Ko. “But seems like there were a lot of low scores, so I feel like it’s not as low as I did shoot. But to be able to finish on a high note after having a rough start on the first day, I’m proud of the way that I fought back the last three days. ”

South Koreans In Gee Chun and Hae Ran Ryu tied for seventh at 16-under , while American Alison Lee finished in solo ninth after closing with a 68 to reach 15-under.

BMW Ladies 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Jin Young Ko (WNR)	-22	71-64-67-64	266
2	Hee Jeong Lim	-22	67-66-65-68	266
T3	Lydia Ko	-17	73-67-67-64	271
T3	A Lim Kim	-17	66-71-70-64	271
T3	Da Yeon Lee	-17	68-73-65-65	271
T3	Na Rin An	-17	64-69-69-69	271
T7	In Gee Chun	-16	65-69-70-68	272
T7	Hae Ran Ryu	-16	66-70-67-69	272
9	Alison Lee	-15	67-71-67-68	273
T10	Ji Hyun Oh	-14	71-69-69-65	274
T10	Danielle Kang	-14	66-68-69-71	274
T12	Ariya Jutanugarn	-13	70-69-69-67	275
T12	Minjee Lee	-13	67-69-68-71	275
T14	Ha Na Jang	-12	74-69-67-66	276
T14	Yunji Jeong	-12	68-70-72-66	276
T14	Hee Young Park	-12	69-70-67-70	276
T17	Han Sol Ji	-11	75-70-64-68	277
T17	Wichanee Meechai	-11	69-72-68-68	277
T17	Charley Hull	-11	69-71-69-68	277
T17	Marina Alex	-11	70-69-70-68	277
T17	Moriya Jutanugarn	-11	68-69-68-72	277
T22	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-10	70-71-70-67	278
T22	Su Ji Kim	-10	70-69-72-67	278
T22	Eun-Hee Ji	-10	71-70-68-69	278
T22	Yesung Jun	-10	70-71-68-69	278
T26	Celine Boutier	-9	70-70-69-70	279
T26	Ji Hyun Kim	-9	68-69-72-70	279
T26	Jennifer Song	-9	71-67-69-72	279
29	Hannah Green	-8	68-72-67-73	280
T30	Carlota Ciganda	-7	73-70-69-69	281
T30	Jeongeun Lee6	-7	69-70-71-71	281
T30	Esther Henseleit	-7	67-72-71-71	281
T30	Hyun Kyung Park	-7	71-69-69-72	281
T30	Hyo Joo Kim	-7	71-68-70-72	281
T30	Ju Young Pak	-7	65-72-71-73	281
T36	So Yeon Ryu	-6	72-72-71-67	282
T36	Jung Min Lee	-6	70-72-70-70	282
T36	Haeji Kang	-6	69-73-70-70	282
T36	Inbee Park	-6	70-71-71-70	282
T36	Yu Jin Sung	-6	71-68-73-70	282
T41	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-5	73-69-74-67	283
T41	Hye-Jin Choi	-5	72-70-73-68	283
T41	Chella Choi	-5	73-69-72-69	283
T41	Ji Young Park	-5	72-72-69-70	283
T41	Sung Hyun Park	-5	71-73-69-70	283
T41	Gaby Lopez	-5	67-74-72-70	283
T41	Ga Young Lee	-5	73-69-70-71	283
T41	Jasmine Suwannapura	-5	70-72-70-71	283
T41	Somi Lee	-5	68-72-72-71	283
T41	Min Song Ha	-5	71-72-66-74	283
51	Da Been Heo	-4	70-70-71-73	284
T52	Yu Liu	-3	70-73-72-70	285
T52	Yealimi Noh	-3	71-75-68-71	285
T52	Jennifer Kupcho	-3	70-74-69-72	285
T52	Sei Young Kim	-3	67-72-74-72	285
T56	Jenny Shin	-2	75-75-67-69	286
T56	Ye Rim Choi	-2	74-72-69-71	286
T56	Ga Eun Song	-2	72-72-71-71	286
T56	Elizabeth Szokol	-2	72-68-75-71	286
60	Cheyenne Knight	-1	75-74-70-68	287
T61	Hae Rym Kim	E	72-74-73-69	288
T61	Yebeen Sohn	E	71-72-75-70	288
T61	Min Lee	E	73-71-73-71	288
T61	Ji Yeong2 Kim	E	70-71-75-72	288
T61	Yea Lin Kang	E	70-69-77-72	288
T61	Emma Talley	E	71-73-71-73	288
T61	Leona Maguire	E	70-72-73-73	288
T61	Su Oh	E	71-69-73-75	288
T61	Jin Hee Im	E	67-72-72-77	288
T70	Amy Yang	+1	75-70-75-69	289
T70	Jeongeun Lee	+1	78-72-68-71	289
T70	Min Ji Park	+1	71-75-72-71	289
T70	Albane Valenzuela	+1	69-75-72-73	289
T70	Jung Min Hong	+1	68-76-72-73	289
T75	Bronte Law	+2	76-73-70-71	290
T75	Wei-Ling Hsu	+2	74-70-72-74	290
T75	Giulia Molinaro	+2	72-71-72-75	290
T75	Jee Hyun Ahn	+2	73-70-71-76	290
T79	Yeun Jung Seo	+3	71-78-71-71	291
T79	Sarah Kemp	+3	76-72-72-71	291
81	Ashleigh Buhai	+6	76-74-73-71	294
82	Matilda Castren	+7	80-70-72-73	295
T83	Ji Hyun Lee (a)	+9	76-73-75-73	297
T83	Sarah Schmelzel	+9	73-76-71-77	297