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Sei Young Kim joined elite company winning the Marathon Classic Sunday.
Her ninth LPGA title equals Na Yeon Choi as fourth most among Koreans.
Only Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (19) and Jiyai Shin (11) have won more.
“I’m very happy to win, especially this tournament, because Marathon has a lot of history,” Kim said.
With five birdies in the middle of her round, Kim pulled away from Lexi Thompson in their head-to-head duel at Highland Meadows Golf Club outside Toledo, Ohio.
“She played some amazing golf,” Thompson said. “There was a stretch there, mid-round, where she stuck every shot.