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Jun 21, 2025; Frisco, Texas, USA; Mi Hyang Lee plays her shot from the sixth tee during the third round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nSouth Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee overcame a pair of double bogeys on the front nine and recorded a birdie on the final hole to seize a one-stroke win at the Blue Bay LPGA on Sunday at Hainan Island, China.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Lee, 32, won her third LPGA title and first since capturing the 2017 Women’s Scottish Open after firing a 1-over-par 73 on Sunday to finish with an 11-under 277 at the Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n She finished one stroke better than China’s Weiwei Zhang (69 on Sunday), who failed to hold the lead after a bogey on the 17th hole.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n “Still kind of a little bit shake my hands,” Lee said of her nerves. “First hole make birdie, but like two double front nine and then finish 4-over so was almost give up, but my caddie just kept telling me keep fighting, fighting. I really fought by myself, just didn’t give up, and then I just got to make a lot of birdies, so I think amazing. Feels amazing, yes.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Lee became only the second South Korean to win the Blue Bay LPGA, joining 2015 champion Sei Young Kim<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Auston Kim (71) made three birdies over the final five holes to reside in a third-place tie with Aditi Ashok (72) of India.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n “I’m proud of the three birdies that I made coming in, but it really (stinks) to play that well Thursday (67), Friday (68), and not get it done. Really frustrating,” Kim said. “I hope moving forward I won’t make the same mistakes that I did this week and play better.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Lee saw her three-stroke lead evaporate following double bogeys on the fifth and ninth holes before making birdies on the 10th and 13th holes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n She took advantage of Zhang’s misstep on the 17th hole by hitting the pin on her third shot at the par-5 18th hole. She tapped in from 2 feet out to win the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n “I just keep watching the scoreboard. I think that’s why this — that give me a lot of confidence,” Lee said. “I just keep making one more birdie, two more birdie, and so it was — yeah, just keep watching it, the scoreboard. I knew Weiwei and Rio (Takeda of Japan) play well, too.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Takeda (73), the defending champion, tied for fifth with South Koreans Hye-Jin Choi (74) and A Lim Kim (73) and China’s Yu Liu (74).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n