LPGA Rookie Chips In to Force Playoff, Holes Out to Win

Now this is how you git-r-done in golf:

LPGA rookie Sei Young Kim - already a winner once in 2015 - trailed Inbee Park by one shot on the last green at the 2015 LOTTE Championship. Kim was off the green chipping, and had to hole it to force a playoff.

So she holed it.

And, on the first playoff hole, she holed it again - only the second time from over 150 yards for a tournament winning eagle. If this had happened at a major, it would live forever in golf history and legend. As it is, Kim deserves a standing ovation for that incredible finish.

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