HONOLULU (AP) — Youmin Hwang won the LOTTE Championship on Saturday for her first victory in an LPGA Tour event, making a big late charge to run the season-opening streak without a repeat winner to 25 tournaments.

A Korean LPGA member in the field on a sponsor invite, Hwang birdied the final four holes and five of the last six at breezy Hoakalei Country Club for a 5-under 67 and a one-shot victory over Hyo Joo Kim.

“This is my dream," Hwang said through an interpreter. "Finally, I achieved my dream here at the LOTTE Championship, and I also very much look forward to my future as well in the LPGA.”

As a nonmember of the LPGA Tour, the 22-year-old Hwang has the option to accept immediate membership or defer to next season. The two-time KLPGA winner won in her sixth career LPGA start and fourth of the season — after making the weekend cuts in the major U.S. Women’s Open, KPMG Women’s PGA and Evian Championship.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Garrick Higgo shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship, with no plans to play it safe Sunday at the Country Club of Jackson.

“I’m going to play as if I’m behind (Sunday) and be as aggressive as I can be and make as many birdies as I can,” Higgo said. 

The South African player has fought through a labrum injury after winning an opposite-field event in the Dominican Republic the week after the Masters. He debated having surgery on his hip after the regular season, but realized he could handle it with a change in his fitness routine. He is lifting less and being smarter.

Steven Fisk and Danny Walker were tied for second. Fisk had his second straight 65, and Walker shot 67. 

HONOLULU (AP) — Youmin Hwang played in the final group off the first tee Thursday in the second round of the LOTTE Championship. She'll do it again Friday after shooting a 10-under 62, the best round in the four years the tournament has been played at Hoakalei Country Club.

Hwang opened eagle-birdie, dropped a stroke on the fourth and had eight more birdies to get to 15-under 129 and open a three-stroke lead with two rounds left. Playing on a sponsor invitation, the 22-year-old South Korean player has two victories on the Korean LPGA.

“First of all, I broke my life-best score," Hwang said. "At the same time, I broke the course record, so I feel very good.” 

Hwang matched the tournament record of 62 set by Lizette Salas in the 2013 final round and Cristie Kerr in the 2017 third round, both at Ko Olina Golf Course.

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• 60 YEARS AGO — Twenty-two boys and girls from Souris and Elgin schools took part in the cross-country races at Elgin. Verla Strawn ran the girls’ two- mile course in 14:17 to lead Margaret Strath by 27 seconds. Tom Prath of Elgin finished the boys’ three-mile race with a time of 19:14.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Norm McManus of Kenton continued his fine season by topping the annual golfers tournament, held at the city-owned Brandon Golf and Country Club.

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Brandon Wheat Kings earned a 6-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors. Mike Morin and Dean Sexsmith both scored twice for Brandon.

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• 60 YEARS AGO — Garry Clark won the Souris cross-country race of 2 2/4 miles with an excellent time of 14:37 at Souris. Clark came in ahead of David Stephenson of Souris and Harvey Laluk from Brandon Collegiate.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Jim Connor booted a pair of goals in helping Spartans clinch first place in the Brandon Senior Soccer League’s Wally Newton Cup series via a 4-0 win over Blues. Dave Bebbington and Al Edwards also scored for the winners who received shutout goaltending from Bryce Randall.

• 40 YEARS AGO — Al Robertson of Hamiota has been named the Canadian Federation of Amateur Baseball’s coach of the year for 1985.

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) — Sarah Schmelzel went from the middle of the pack to a tie for the lead in just five holes Friday, closing with four straight birdies and an eagle for an 8-under 63 to match Minami Katsu in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Alison Lee also finished strong with a birdie and an eagle and was among those one shot behind, just what she needed to see in her third tournament back from giving birth to a son in late April.

The scoring was low at Pinnacle Country Club, and that's what concerned Schmelzel. She went out in 34 and was at 2 under and seemingly going nowhere. But she knew she was coming up on some scoring holes, with short clubs into the green and two par 5s.

“You should at least have looks on all those because you have pretty short clubs in,” Schmelzel said. “I told my caddie walking to the green on 14 I need to start making some birdies or else I'm going to get lapped out there today.”

IN LOCAL HISTORY

• 60 YEARS AGO — Bill Huston proved to be the key figure for 7Up as the club whipped Shilo 14-7 in the fourth game of the Brandon and District Commercial Fastball League final and won their second straight championship. Huston hammered four hits, including a home run.

• 50 YEARS AGO — Ken Hoy fired a five-over-par 65 to edge Dwight Kearns by two strokes for the men’s title at the North Hill Motel’s annual fall golf tournament. Meanwhile, Peggy Clark recorded a 73 to win the women’s premier flight by five strokes over second Mona Sumida.

• 40 YEARS AGO — The Virden Golden Bears defeated the Dauphin Clippers 21-18 in high school football action as Joey Senff scored a pair of touchdowns and Dale Lewis added one.