[Sports Round-up] Kim Hyo-joo wins 7th career LPGA Tour win at Ford Championship

Time now to take a look at what's been happening in the world of sports.

Joining us in the studio is our sports editor Paul Neat.

Hello Paul.

Hello.

Let's start with golf.

Kim Hyo-joo has secured her seventh LPGA title.

Yes, the Ford Championship, on Sunday local time in Arizona.

Kim Hyo-joo beat former world number one Lilia Vu of the United States in a playoff.

Kim had been four strokes behind heading into the final round but hit an 8-under 64, including nine birdies, while Vu hit a four-under 68.

This meant they both finished at 22-under 266, so went back to the 18th to find a winner where Kim struck a birdie to seal it.

It was her seventh LPGA win overall but first since the Volunteers of America Classic in October 2023.

Meanwhile, in the men's game, Korean-Australian Lee Min-woo on Sunday won the 휴스턴 오픈, finishing at 20 under par one stroke ahead of world number one Scottie Scheffler as well as Gary Woodland, both of the United States, who finished tied at 19-under.

The final day saw Lee hit four birdies and one bogey for a 3-under 67.

It's the 26-year-old's first-ever win on the PGA Tour in what was his 56th start.

He's the younger brother of Lee Min-ji, LPGA star.

Moving on to baseball.

The Major League Baseball season began at the end of last week.

Two South Korean stars were in the opening day rosters for their respective clubs.

Yes, those being Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants and Bae Ji-hwan of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

For Lee Jung-hoo, he scored twice as the Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 on Thursday in their season opener.

Then, on Sunday, in what was game three of the new season, Lee recorded his first "multi-hit" to help the Giants win their opening series 2-1.

Lee batted 2-for-4 with one RBI and scored two runs against the Reds in a 6-3 win.

Batting third, he raised his batting average to point-300 and also leads his team for runs with four.

Meanwhile, Bae Ji-hwan made two appearances for the Pirates against the Miami Marlins, but was run out trying to reach third in Sunday's 3-2 loss.

He'd been left out for the first games, but then appeared in games three and four in a series his team lost 3-1.

In domestic baseball, the LG Twins are making headlines with a remarkable 7-game winning streak to start the 2025 season.

Yes, this sets a new franchise record

and brings them closer to the KBO's all-time opening winning streak of 10, held by the 2003 Samsung Lions and the 2022 SSG Landers.

This week, LG face the KT Wiz in a three-game series at Suwon's KT Wiz Park.

If they sweep KT, they'll tie the league record.

However, all matches scheduled for Tuesday, April 1st have been postponed.

This is to mourn the death of a female fan in her 20s, who died in hospital on Monday after a piece of metal fell 18 meters, hit a concession stand then hit her on the head at the NC Dinos stadium in Changwon on Saturday.

All NC Dinos matches this week are now postponed.

Alright, thanks for that Paul.

See you next week.

Thank you.