KAPOLEI, Hawaii – I.K. Kim was among the last to tee off in the first round of the Lotte Championship on Wednesday, but by the end of the day, she was atop the leaderboard.
Kim birdied her final three holes and four of the last five for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead.
Playing in the last group of the day off the 10th tee, Kim had eight birdies and one bogey in wind gusting to 25 mph at Ko Olina Golf Club. The South Korean player won the last of her three LPGA Tour titles in 2010.