In the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) tour iM Financial Open 2025 (total prize money of 1 billion won), Kim Min-ju achieved her first career victory and made significant jumps in various ranking points.
Kim Min-ju won the iM Financial Open 2025, which concluded on the 13th at GOLFZON COUNTY Seonsan (par 72) in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, with a final total of 15 under par 273. In the final round on the 13th, she made 6 birdies and 1 bogey, lowering her score by 5 strokes, and surpassed tied second place Park Ju-young and Bang Shin-sil by 3 strokes.
Kim Min-ju said, "I thought it would be difficult due to the strong wind, so I emptied my mind and came out. I am truly happy to achieve such a gift-like first victory."
With this victory, Kim Min-ju earned 70 points in the KLPGA Wemade Daesang points, climbing to 3rd place. She also earned 570 Wemix points, raising her ranking by 42 spots to 5th place (583.5 points).
Bang Shin-sil and Park Ju-young, who tied for 2nd place in the tournament, ranked 6th (490 points) and 12th (360 points) in the Wemix points, respectively. Currently, the top spot in the Wemix points ranking is held by Lee Ye-won, who has accumulated a total of 795.2 points, having achieved 7th place in this tournament following a victory last week.
The "Race to Wemix Championship" awards Wemix points based on the final results of each KLPGA tour event, calculated by combining ranking points with Wemade Daesang points, and the final ranking is determined by the accumulated points over the season.
After the season concludes, the player ranked 1st in the Wemix points will receive 100,000 WEMIX, and top-ranked players in the Wemix points will receive entry to the "Wemix Championship" tournament.
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