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2023 BMW Ladies Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player

The total purse for the longtime LPGA event was $2,300,000.

Minjee Lee earned $330,000 for her playoff victory at the BMW Ladies Championship. She now has $1,552,475 in season earnings and $13,765,643 in official career earnings. Lee remains 11th on the LPGA’s all-time list, $85,312 behind Lexi. Thompson.

Lydia Ko’s biggest paycheck of the year was $50,093 at the U.S. Women’s Open prior to this week. She earned $147,030 for her solo third at the BMW. Last year Ko earned over $4 million on the season.

Seojin Park, the amateur, took a share of 13th but no money. Ashleigh Buhai and Perrine Dealcour also finished 13th and earned $35,287.

The BMW is a limited-field no-cut event. Matilda Castren finished 75th and earned $4,327.

Here’s the full purse breakdown:

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Minjee Lee -16 $330,000
2 Alison Lee -16 $202,680
3 Lydia Ko -14 $147,030
4 Angel Yin -13 $113,379
T5 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -12 $66,691
T5 Jeongeun Lee6 -12 $66,691
T5 Atthaya Thitikul -12 $66,691
T5 Ji Yai Shin -12 $66,691
T5 Celine Boutier -12 $66,691
T10 Ayaka Furue -11 $41,797
T10 Jenny Shin -11 $41,797
T10 Lauren Coughlin -11 $41,797
T13 Perrine Delacour -10 $35,287
T13 Seojin Park (a) -10 —
T13 Ashleigh Buhai -10 $35,287
T16 Sung Hyun Park -9 $28,481
T16 Hae Ran Ryu -9 $28,481
T16 Hee Young Park -9 $28,481
T16 Hyo Joo Kim -9 $28,481
T16 Nelly Korda -9 $28,481
T16 Sarah Schmelzel -9 $28,481
T22 Linn Grant -8 $22,471
T22 Yan Liu -8 $22,471
T22 Brooke M. Henderson -8 $22,471
T22 Pajaree Anannarukarn -8 $22,471
T22 Allisen Corpuz -8 $22,471
T22 Hannah Green -8 $22,471
T28 Patty Tavatanakit -7 $18,503
T28 Hye-Jin Choi -7 $18,503
T28 Linnea Strom -7 $18,503
T28 Gaby Lopez -7 $18,503
T32 Jennifer Kupcho -6 $16,423
T32 In Gee Chun -6 $16,423
T34 Rose Zhang -5 $13,665
T34 Carlota Ciganda -5 $13,665
T34 Grace Kim -5 $13,665
T34 Megan Khang -5 $13,665
T34 Andrea Lee -5 $13,665
T34 A Lim Kim -5 $13,665
T34 Yuka Saso -5 $13,665
T41 Narin An -4 $10,256
T41 Yu Liu -4 $10,256
T41 Nasa Hataoka -4 $10,256
T41 Stephanie Kyriacou -4 $10,256
T41 Mi Hyang Lee -4 $10,356
T41 Ruoning Yin -4 $10,256
T41 Maja Stark -4 $10,256
T48 Lilia Vu -3 $8,122
T48 Jieun Seo (a) -3 —
T48 Stephanie Meadow -3 $8,122
T48 Jin Young Ko -3 $8,122
T48 Amy Yang -3 $8,122
T48 Ariya Jutanugarn -3 $8,122
T54 Alexa Pano -2 $7,212
T54 Eun Hee Ji -2 $7,212
T56 Aditi Ashok -1 $6,658
T56 Georgia Hall -1 $6,658
T56 Hinako Shibuno -1 $6,658
T59 Gemma Dryburgh E $5,992
T59 Sarah Kemp E $5,992
T59 Moriya Jutanugarn E $5,992
T62 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 1 $5,493
T62 Peiyun Chien 1 $5,493
T64 Maria Fassi 2 $5,215
T64 Olivia Cowan 2 $5,215
T64 Madelene Sagstrom 2 $5,215
T64 Soomin Oh (a) 2 —
T68 So Yeon Ryu 3 $4,938
T68 Esther Henseleit 3 $4,938
70 Sei Young Kim 4 $4,772
T71 Celine Borge 5 $4,605
T71  Albane Valenzuela 5 $4,605
73 Chanettee Wannasaen 6 $4,439
74 Ryann O’Toole 8 $4,384
75 Matilda Castren 16 $4,327
76 Dabeen Yun (a) 37 —
— Danielle Kang WD $4,244
— Anna Nordqvist WD $4,244

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Minjee Lee claims 10th career LPGA title in a playoff at BMW Ladies Championship

Lee is now the third player from Australia to reach double-digits LPGA victories.

Minjee Lee recorded her 10th career victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea in a playoff over Alison Lee. It was a rematch of the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior final, which Minjee happened to win as well.

“I was like, this kind of feels familiar,” said the 27-year-old Aussie.

Minjee became the fifth player this season to win multiple titles when she drained a 6-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole. The American Alison Lee, a former top-ranked amateur, is still waiting on her maiden LPGA victory. Minjee won Cincinnati’s Kroger Queen City Championship in September.

“Out of all the places, Korea was always at the top of my list because my parents are Korean and I have a heritage to Korea,” said Minjee. “This one is special, and especially having all of my family and extended family and friends coming out to cheer for me today, it was really cool to see them on the sidelines when I was walking down. It was great that I was able to win today.”

Minjee earned $330,000 for her victory, giving her $1,552,475 for the season. It’s her second victory in her last three starts. She is now the third player from Australia to reach double digits in tour victories, joining Jan Stephenson (16) and Karrie Webb (41).

A two-time major winner who has now won in each of her last three LPGA seasons, Minjee closed with a 4-under 68 at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club to finish at 16 under while Alison, a former UCLA standout, birdied her last two holes in regulation to shoot 67.

“I feel like I’m hitting it so well and I had so many putts this week lip out,” said Alison, “and I can’t stop thinking about all those small mistakes that I potentially made.”

Lydia Ko, playing on a sponsor invite, closed with a third consecutive 69 to finish third, two strokes back. The season has been largely a struggle for Ko, who hadn’t previously cracked the top 10 since February in Thailand.

“I feel like I’ve been moving in the right direction and felt like I was moving in the right direction, but the results weren’t really a good reflection of that,” said Ko, who won the BMW last year. “So at least this week is a confirmation to say, hey, it’s not dead yet.”

American Angel Yin, who won her first LPGA title last week in Shanghai, closed with a 67 to finish fourth.

South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai came into the final round tied with Minjee at 12 under but dropped to a share of 13th after a final-round 74. Buhai did win $10,000 in unofficial money from the tournament for setting a BMW scoring record of 10-under 62 in the first round.

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Ashleigh Buhai, Minjee Lee atop crowded leaderboard at LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship

Lee is looking for her second win in three starts.

After Saturday’s third round, Ashleigh Buhai and Minjee Lee are tied for the 54-hole lead at 12 under at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club in Korea.

Buhai, who shot rounds of 62-73 over the first two days, signed for a bogey-free 3-under 69 on Saturday. The 20th-ranked player in the Rolex Rankings, who has missed the cut in four of her last five starts, is looking for her second win of the year (ShopRite LPGA Classic).

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Lee mixed three birdies with two bogeys in round three, good enough for a 1-under effort. The Aussie, who is seventh in the world, won the Kroger Queen City Championship last month.

Lydia Ko and Alison Lee are tied for third at 11 under, one back. Lauren Coughlin and Céline Boutier are two back at 10 under. Atthaya Thitikul and Jiyai Shin sit T-7, three back. And rounding the top 10 are Hannah Green and Angel Yin at T-9, four back.

Minjee Lee overcomes difficult conditions, takes lead at LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship

Crazy winds were the story of the second round in Korea.

Scoring conditions were completely different Friday at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club.

Ashleigh Buhai, the first-round leader, was 11 shots worse in the second round than on her opening day. She only shot 1 over.

Swirling winds were the story of the second round at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship in Korea, but it’s Minjee Lee who fired a 3-under 69 to move into the lead heading to the weekend. After a day where there were more 66s than scores over par, the script flipped Friday.

“It was really hard conditions out there,” Lee said. “A lot of wind swirling around the valley. So sometimes we had really strong gusts, and I had to back off. But overall I had a really good finish.”

Lee sits at 11 under, two shots in front of American Alison Lee, who shot even-par 72 after an opening 9-under performance. Buhai is also T-2 at 9 under.

“It was definitely really frustrating,” Alison said of her even-par round, “but tried to stay patient. I definitely feel like I missed a few really good birdie opportunities out there. Like I feel like I could have played so much better than even.”

Lydia Ko, the event’s defending champion, sits T-4 at 8 under.

Ashleigh Buhai cards 10 birdies to take lead at LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship in Korea

“My goal for this week was to play with no expectations.”

On a day when scores were low at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club in Korea, Ashleigh Buhai took advantage.

After taking five weeks off because an old back injury flared up, Buhai returned in fashion to the LPGA, carding a bogey-free 10-under 62 to hold the first-round lead at the 2023 BMW Ladies Championship. Buhai had 10 birdies and eight pars and leads Alison Lee by a shot after Thursday.

“I think it was almost a blessing in disguise after a very busy summer,” Buhai said of her time off. “I’ve had one week of practice coming into here. And my goal for this week was to play with no expectations, and that’s often when you try to play well in a game.”

The 62 is a career-best round for Buhai, the 2022 AIG Women’s Open champion.

Of the 78 players in the field, only 10 shot over par, one of those being young phenom Rose Zhang, who shot 2-over 74.

Meanwhile, Lee’s 9-under performance was also bogey-free, including two stretches of three consecutive birdies. Ayaka Furue and Minjee Lee are tied for third at 8 under.

“Overall, I hit the ball really well,” Alison Lee said. “I gave myself a lot of putts inside 15 feet and was able to make almost all of them. I may have one putt that was a little longer, like 25, 30 feet. But other than that, I gave myself a lot of good birdie opportunities today.”

Lydia Ko, the defending champion, shot 5-under 67.

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‘Accept, think, move on’: Injured Jin Young Ko hopes to return to LPGA next month after disastrous week in South Korea

Ko posted the highest round of her LPGA career, an opening 80, at the recent BMW Ladies Championship.

Jin Young Ko used four words and two emojis on Monday to caption a photograph on Instagram. Anyone looking for insight into the World No. 1’s frame of mind after last week’s withdrawal got the message loud and clear.

“Accept, think, move on,” Ko wrote, followed by a twister emoji.

The BMW Ladies Championship surely felt something like a raging storm for the World No. 1. Ko teed it up close to home in her first event in two months after taking time off to heal a nagging wrist injury.

The player who often wins tournaments after long breaks, instead posted the highest round of her LPGA career, an opening 80. Ko made a 10 on the closing par 5, whiffing a shot left-handed and mostly making a mess of the hole. She shot 79 on Friday and then withdrew.

Ko, 27, told South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency after the first round that she didn’t want to use her wrist injury as an excuse. But after 36 holes, it was clear that something wasn’t right.

Ko’s manager told Golfweek on Monday that she hasn’t yet fully recovered from the left wrist injury and is currently receiving treatment. She will do her best to be able to compete in better condition next month in Florida.

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There are three events remaining on the LPGA schedule. Ko never planned to play in Japan but did have her sights set on the last two events. She won last year’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship while playing in so much pain she couldn’t properly warm up before each round.

Last week in South Korea, Ko came close to being overtaken as World No. 1 with rookie Atthaya Thitikul heading into the final round holding the lead. No. 2-ranked Thitikul could’ve risen to No. 1 with a solo fourth-place finish. A disappointing 74 on Sunday, however, dropped the young Thai star into sixth.

Ko has occupied the top spot for 38 consecutive weeks and 144 weeks total. She won in her first start of the season – the HSBC Women’s World Championship in March.

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Na Yeon Choi makes hole-in-one in her final LPGA event, leaves tour with new BMW and no regrets

“That last putt, I couldn’t really see the ball because of my tears.”

Na Yeon Choi wasn’t going to cry. But then after she hit her tee shot on the 18th, Amy Yang said “Good job” and started to sob. Choi followed suit.

“That last putt,” she said, “I couldn’t really see the ball because of my tears.”

Choi’s final LPGA event proved unforgettable for a number of reasons. During the third round, the 35-year-old South Korean aced the par-3 12th at the BMW Ladies Championship to win a BMW X7 SUV.

On Sunday at Oak Valley Country Club, several LPGA players held up a banner as she wrapped up a decorated career that spanned 18 years. Choi finished with a sparkling 68. Among the players who came out to support was Inbee Park, an LPGA Hall of Famer who wasn’t in the field this week.

“I would first like to thank my friends for coming all the way from Seoul,” she said. “My friends really supported me during tough times. To support each other and wish the best for each other whilst playing in the same tour, as professional golfers is actually harder than it looks, but Inbee, So Yeon, Jeongeun have helped greatly with golf and mentally as well. So I am really grateful for the five players who are here today.”

Inbee Park of South Korea, So-yeon Ryu of South Korea and former player Ha-neul Kim of South Korea hold a banner to appreciate Na-yeon Choi (not pictured) who is retiring near the 9th green during the final round of the BMW Ladies Championship at Oak Valley Country Club on October 23, 2022 in Wonju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Choi won nine times on the LPGA, including the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open, and rose as high as No. 2 in the world. Choi made the decision to retire earlier this season and asked BMW for a sponsor exemption into this week. She said she leaves the tour with no regrets.

Through her popular YouTube channel, Choi learned that she likes to teach. She’d like to do some of that in the future, if she can figure out a way to do it that’s healthy for her.

“My only concern with this is that personally I think I got really worn out from the emotional side of being a golfer,” she said. “For instance, if I don’t play well, then there’s stress, and I’m struggling with all these emotions. It kind of wore me down. My only concern is I might relate too much to the players or kids that I teach, and I do have a fear about me getting into that emotional cycle again.”

She also has an interest in golf commentary in South Korea.

As for immediate plans, Choi said she had wanted to go out drinking with friends.

“I don’t know if this makes me old, but I am getting dental implants,” she said, “so I cannot drink alcohol right now. But other than that, I am loving the fact that I no longer have to get up at 4 or 5 a.m.”

Choi said her ace on Saturday came off as exactly as she’d imagined. She immediately had goosebumps after she struck her 6-iron from 171 yards. Adding to the serendipitous moment was that fact that CME Group donates $20,000 for each hole-in-one made on the LPGA to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“Of course, whenever you ace a hole, you’re ecstatic,” said Choi. “But at the same time, for me, I think I got kind of emotional because it almost seemed like I was being rewarded for all those years of hard work.”

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Lydia Ko clinches 18th LPGA title at BMW Ladies Championship, takes lead in Player of the Year race

Now with 18 career titles, Ko sits 30th on the LPGA’s career wins list, joining Meg Mallon and Hollis Stacy.

Lydia Ko teared up on the 18th when her last putt dropped at the BMW Ladies Championship. A prolific winner worldwide since her teenage years, the 25-year-old Ko always wanted to win in her native South Korea.

The former world No. 1 birdied three of the last four holes to clinch her second title of 2022, closing with a 7-under 65 to best Andrea Lee by four strokes. Overnight leader Atthaya Thitikul had a chance to rise to No. 1 after this week, but a disappointing 74 dropped her into sixth place. The Thai teen needed to finish solo fourth to have a chance.

“I think this week more than ever, I said I really, really want to win in Korea,” said Ko, “and I think maybe that was a good mindset or I was hypnotizing myself to try to get it done, but that’s why it means so much to me.

“Every time I come back to Korea, even though I play under the New Zealand flag, so many people support me, so many people go (Korean). I think that is such a boost.”

Lydia Ko of New Zealand is poured champagne after winning the tournament on the 18th green during the final round of the BMW Ladies Championship at Oak Valley Country Club on October 23, 2022 in Wonju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

This also marked the first time Ko’s father has seen her compete in person in 2½ years. Ko teared up again at the thought of having him there.

Ko calls this her most consistent season to date. She hasn’t missed a cut in 20 starts and in addition to her two wins has nine additional top-5 finishes.

She became the fifth player to win multiple times this season, joining Jennifer Kupcho (3), Minjee Lee (2), Brooke Henderson (2) and Thitikul (2).

Now with 18 career titles, Ko sits 30th on the LPGA’s career wins list, joining Meg Mallon and Hollis Stacy. It’s the first time she has won multiple titles in one season since 2016.

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“I think this is probably the best I’ve played, the most consistently I’ve played. When I was No. 1, I just had more wins in that season. I don’t think I’ve had as many top 10s,” said Ko. “I wanted to finish my season off strong, including this one, with only three events to go. To be able to win this one means a lot, and I think it gives me good motivation for my last couple of events in Florida.”

Ko came into this event with a sizable lead over Minjee Lee in the Vare Trophy race for the season’s lowest scoring average. She won the award last season as well, earning an LPGA Hall of Fame point in the process. A player must earn 27 points to enter the LPGA HOF. Ko currently has 22 points.

Earlier in the week, Ko pointed to her even-keeled approach to the second half of the season as a key to her success. She also mentioned that she’s in a good place in life off the course as well. Ko and her fiancé, Chung Jun, plan to get married in December.

“I have to say, wherever my fiancé is, he is always in my heart, so it’s like he is near me,” Ko said, when asked if he was on hand for the victory.

“I have a lot of people congratulate me and a lot of people are very much interested, and so I really thank them for their support and interest. I have a lot of fans coming up to me and congratulating me, so I’m very grateful for the attention and congratulations I’m getting.

“However, this is the BMW Ladies Championship, and I don’t want to take away from this event, so I hope you understand I would like to conclude my comments about my marriage with that.”

Ko heads into the last three events of the season with much on the line. She will skip the next event in Japan and play the last two in Florida. The victory in South Korea moved her one point ahead of Lee in the Rolex Player of the Year race, an award she won in 2015. Brooke Henderson is 20 points back, and Thitikul trails by 21.

A player must finish inside the top 10 to earn POY points, with a victory garnering 30 points.

Despite the poor finish, the rookie Thitikul left South Korea feeling good about her game after seeing her swing coach in person for the first time since August. She will compete next on the LPGA in Japan.

As for the prospect of becoming the second teenager to rise to No. 1 in the world, Thitikul brushed it aside.

“I mean, to be honest, I don’t really care about the ranking,” she said ahead of Sunday’s round. “I don’t really care to be like No. 1 in the world at all because I play golf because I want to take care of my family. I want to feed my family. Whatever I am is fine. Even my family, they have a good life already.

“Ranking is not that important for me, for real.”

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Lydia Ko on pace to win Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average for second straight year, calls this her most consistent season yet

Ko, 25, has eight top-five finishes in her last 11 starts.

Lydia Ko won five times on the LPGA in 2015 and four times in 2016. Yet she calls this season, in which she has won only once, her most consistent yet.

The proof is in her scoring average. Heading into this week’s BMW Ladies Championship, Ko’s 69.176 average led the tour. Minjee Lee, her nearest competitor, would need to average 68.389 in her remaining events to pass the Kiwi. Xiyu Lin and Brooke Henderson would have to average rounds of 66.480 or better to have any chance.

Ko, 25, has eight top-five finishes in her last 11 starts dating to the U.S. Women’s Open. During that stretch, she has gained 2.84 strokes against the field per round.

“Even when I was No. 1, I had won more frequently in that season and didn’t have as many top 10s or the percentage of top 10s compared to how many events I was playing,” said Ko. “I’m getting older, so I am playing less events than my rookie year or my first few years on tour, but it’s definitely nice to be in contention a little bit more frequently, and I think that just boosts the confidence levels.

“I think at the end of the day, it’s a momentum thing. You know, when you start playing well, it would defeat off the good energy, the good things that went on from the week before and trying to feed on the week after. I think I’ve been able to do that pretty well.”

Ko currently holds a share of fifth at the BMW, four strokes back of leader Andrea Lee, after matching rounds of 68.

A 17-time winner on the LPGA, Ko won the Vare Trophy for the first time last season. The award comes with an LPGA Hall of Fame point. A player must earn 27 points to enter the LPGA HOF. Ko currently has 21 points.

“I think especially at this last kind of from the middle of the season to where it is now,” said Ko, “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten too hyped up about it or too down and that’s just allowed me to play more freely. That’s a good place for me to personally be at.”

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LPGA: Andrea Lee leads BMW by two in South Korea; World No. 1’s shocking struggles continue

“I’m just playing really carefree golf, and I’m really relaxed out there. Just having fun.”

Andrea Lee’s first time playing golf in South Korea couldn’t go better if she scripted it. Lee remains bogey-free after 36 holes at the BMW Ladies Championship where she leads by two at 12 under over longtime friend Lilia Vu, hotshot rookie Atthaya Thitikul and 16-year-old amateur Minsol Kim.

Lee, who birdied three of her last four holes, has missed only two greens and two fairways in her matching rounds of 66. The former Stanford star said she’s used to the hilly terrain of Oak Valley Country Club having grown up at Palos Verdes Golf Club in California.

“I think it just gave me so much confidence after that win in Portland,” she said, “and I’m just playing really carefree golf, and I’m really relaxed out there. Just having fun. I don’t feel the pressure anymore to get that first win. I feel comfortable being atop the leaderboards now, and you know, hopefully I can just keep it rolling.”

Lee, 24, saw her 91-year-old grandfather for the first time in three years this week and looks forward to having him come out this weekend.

“The Koreans, they love golf,” she said. “They are so passionate, emotional about it. So it’s great to feed off of their energy. They are definitely rooting for all the Korean players out here. I’m Korean-American, so I feel like they are rooting for me, too, and it’s nice to have that.”

Lilia Vu of the USA watches her shot after teeing off during the second round of the BMW Ladies Championship golf tournament at Oak Valley Country Club in Wonju on October 21, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Vu bounced back after her first bogey of the tournament on the 14th with an eagle on the par-5 15th. A prolific winner at UCLA, Vu finished third in Portland the week that Lee won and has six top-10 finishes this season. This is also her first time competing in South Korea, and she spent Friday alongside Lee and 2020 U.S. Women’s Open champion A Lim Kim.

“I mean, definitely a little bit of like an adjustment for me to get used to because (when) she would hit it pretty close, everyone would start yelling,” said Vu of the crowd’s reaction to Kim. “I hit a couple shots to three feet today. Maybe a half-clap from my parents. Yeah, so it’s kind of different, but it’s fun. They are very spirited here.”

There are a number of scenarios in which Thitikul will rise to No. 1 in the world this week. A victory would get her there. She can also finish as low as fourth and still climb to No. 1 if Jin Young Ko finishes solo 29th or worse and Minjee Lee does not win.

World No. 1 Ko opened with an 80 that included a 10 on the 18th hole. Friday wasn’t much better. A double-bogey and eight bogeys led Ko to shoot 79, one day after carding the worst round of her LPGA career. She did card an eagle on the 15th.

Ko hit seven fairways and 10 greens in the second round and is currently last in a field of 78. This marks Ko’s first event back since taking two months off to heal an injured left wrist.

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