‘Idol’ Sorenstam received a congratulatory call from Kim A-lim, “Glory and thanks”

Alim Kim. (Photo = AFPBBNews)

[이데일리 스타in 임정우 기자] Kim A-rim (25), who has been reborn as a major champion at the US Women’s Open, was delighted after receiving a surprise call from Anna Sorenstam (Sweden).

On the 15th (KST), Alim Kim reached the top with a final total of 3-under 281 at the US Women’s Open (total prize money of $ 5.5 million), which finished at the Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course (par 71) in Houston, Texas.

Kim Alim was delighted to win her first appearance at the US Women’s Open. It is the fifth time that the first player to compete in the United States Women’s Open has won. Before Kim A-lim, Patty Berg (1946), Kathy Cornelias (1956), Kim Joo-yeon (2005) and Jeon In-ji (2015) reached the top of the US Women’s Open for the first time.

Alim Kim is also Se-ri Park (1998), Juyeon Kim (2005), Inbi Park (2008/2013), Eunhee Ji (2009), Soyeon Yoo (2011), Nayeon Choi (2012), Inchi Jeon (2015), Seonghyun Park (2015) 2017), followed by Lee Jung-eun (2019), as the eleventh (tenth) winner of the US Women’s Open in Korea.

Another joyous memory was for Kim A-rim, who had the winning prize of $ 1 million (about 1.09 billion won) and the opportunity to go straight to the regular Tour without going through the LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. Sorenstam, whom Alim Kim considers an idol, made a video call. Sorenstam made a video call to Kim A-lim through an official of the American Golf Association (USGA) that organizes the United States Women’s Open and congratulated him, saying, “You did a very good job” and “Enjoy the victory”.

Kim Ah-rim seemed excited and said, “Thank you very much. I love you. “Kim Alim said,” It was a special episode that I experienced during the tournament “and” I am very honored and grateful “to receive the phone call from Sorenstam at the winning press conference.

Sorenstam is a legendary player in women’s golf, winning 72 victories on the LPGA Tour, including the US Women’s Open in 1995, 1996, and 2006. Another Kim Alim idol is Park Se-ri (43), a pioneer in women’s golf. Korean. Kim Alim said: “Professor Se-ri Park seems to have grown up looking a bit like a history textbook.”

The LPGA tour wrote on Instagram, “A-rim Kim and her role model Se-ri Park share the same US Women’s Open title.” Se-ri Park was the first Korean player to win the US Women’s Open in 1998 when Kim A-rim was three years old.