Sue Kim Birdies Her Way To The BC Junior Girls' Championship

Kim recorded 22 birdies and one eagle over 54 holes while compiling a 12-under par score of (68-70-69) 207---seven shots in front of runner-up Soo-Bin Kim of Port Coquitlam.

"I was up and down," said Sue Kim, referring to her final round of 4-under 69. "I made a lot of birdies but I made a lot of bogeys too -- mainly I stayed focused so that was good."

In recapturing the BC Junior title she first won in 2005 as a 14-year-old, Kim began by shattering the course record by three shots while collecting seven birdies and a bogey. Her second round consisted of an eagle, six birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey and she finished off her assault of the Sunnydale course by carding nine birdies, five bogeys and four lonely pars.

On three occasions Kim posted streaks of three consecutive birdies and on Thursday she managed four-in-a-row. In fact, the front nine of her final round consisted of just one par, six birdies and two bogeys. On Sunnydale's par-5's alone she was 11-under for the tournament.

This was Kim's third victory of the season. She made national headlines at the Richmond Golf Club in May by becoming the first amateur and the youngest player ever to win a CN Canadian Women's Tour Championship in a spectacular come-from-behind three-hole playoff. To prove that was no fluke Kim won the second event on the Canadian Women's pro circuit. Kim's first triumph earned her an exemption into the CN Canadian Women's Open next month in Ottawa.

Soo--Bin Kim fired a final round of 4-under 69 to earn second place honours while last year's Canadian Junior Girls' runner-up Christine Wong of Richmond and 2007 B.C. Juvenile Girls' champion Amanda Baker of Nanaimo tied for third at 4-over 223.

It was a disappointing event for two-time defending champion Jessica Wallace of Langley who missed a spot on the provincial team by two strokes. She ballooned to a final round of 80 and finished in fifth place at 6-over 225.

Sue Birdie Kim, Soo--Bin Kim, Baker and Wong will now comprise the B.C. Team for the Royale Canadian Junior Girls' Championship at St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba August 4-8, 2008.

BC Junior Girls' Championship
Sunnydale Golf & Country Club
5,808 Yards - - Par 73

1 Sue Kim, Langley, Fraser Valley Zone 3 68 70 69 207
2 Soo-Bin Kim, Port Coquitlam, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 74 69 71 214
T3 Christine Wong, Richmond, Quilchena 73 73 77 223
T3 Amanda Baker, Nanaimo, Pheasant Glen Golf Resort +4 F +7 70 73 80 223
5 Jessica Wallace, Langley, Fraser Valley Zone 3 71 74 80 225
6 Jennifer Yang, Coquitlam, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 81 71 74 226
7 Anica Yoo, Port Coquitlam, Meadow Gardens 77 73 77 227
8 Szu-Hsuan (Monica) Huang, Qualicum Beach, Pheasant Glen Golf Resort 77 70 83 230
T9 Kristina Gargaro, Port Moody, Pitt Meadows GC 76 76 79 231
T9 Valentina Trillo, Port Moody, Westwood Plateau Golf Aca 77 74 80 231
11 Lauren Taylor, Nelson, Granite Pointe 77 78 77 232
12 Megan Osland, Kelowna, Kelowna G & CC 75 78 82 235
13 Ahnna Kim, Coquitlam, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 76 75 85 236
14 Porsche Campbell, Vancouver, Marine Drive 76 81 80 237
T15 Victoria(Jisu) Choi, Langley, Fraser Valley Zone 3 83 79 76 238
T15 Jisoo Keel, Coquitlam, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 80 78 80 238
17 Pamela Burneski, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 79 79 82 240
18 A Ram Choi, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 77 76 88 241
19 Jen Woods, Kelowna, Kelowna G & CC 82 83 78 243
20 Alyssa Herkel, Port Alberni, Alberni 81 78 85 244
T21 Nayan Calsin Murdoch, Richmond, Quilchena 83 81 84 248
T21 Stephanie Wong, Richmond, Quilchena 83 82 83 248
23 Alix Kong, West Vancouver, Marine Drive 82 81 86 249
24 Haley Cameron, Kelowna, Kelowna G & CC 77 84 89 250
25 Jamie Oleksiew, Surrey, Hazelmere 81 84 86 251
T26 Danelle Girard, Coquitlam, Fraser Valley Zone 3 87 83 83 253
T26 Alice Nakamura, Maple Ridge, Swan-e-set Bay Resort 84 85 84 253
28 Nicole Jordan, Sidney, Gorge Vale GC 83 86 88 257
T29 Michaela Staller, Surrey, Marine Drive 90 86 83 259
T29 Laura Polak, Victoria, Royal Colwood GC 91 84 84 259
31 Lauren deGoey, Victoria, Uplands GC 87 90 85 262
T32 Grace Chua, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 95 82 86 263
T32 Pamela Desmarais, Victoria, Uplands GC 87 89 87 263
T32 Stephanie Sykora, Garibaldi Highlands, Squamish Valley G & CC 83 92 88 263
T32 Ally Shin, Port Moody, Meadow Gardens 90 84 89 263
36 Kalli Gordon, Parksville, Pheasant Glen Golf Resort 88 91 86 265
37 Cherie Chua, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 88 88 90 266
38 Cheryl Chua, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 95 87 87 269
39 Jessica MacPhee, Langley, Newlands Golf and 91 88 91 270
T40 Ashley Joan McAdams, Victoria, Uplands GC 94 89 89 272
T40 Emery Bardock, Armstrong, Predator Ridge Resort 89 94 89 272
T42 Kate Weir, Trail, Rossland-Trail 99 85 90 274
T42 Victoria Kondrak, Victoria, Gorge Vale GC 91 92 91 274
T42 Haley Kruse, Victoria, Gorge Vale GC 90 92 92 274
T42 Megan Woodland, Victoria, Uplands GC 92 90 92 274
46 Rebecca Minaker, Kitimat, Hirsch Creek Golf & Win 94 85 97 276
47 Kelsey Jahnke, Nanaimo, Pheasant Glen Golf Resort 90 98 92 280
DID NOT FINISH
DQ Taylor Kim, Surrey, Fraser Valley Zone 3 +27