Kim gets break, wins in playoff

Needing only to make a 5-foot putt on No. 18 to win the SemGroup Championship on Sunday in Broken Arrow, Okla., Mi Hyun Kim pushed it right of the hole. But she received a quick chance for redemption, and took advantage of it.

Kim, forced into a playoff with Hall of Famer Juli Inkster because of the miss, won on the first extra hole – making a 4-foot par putt on No. 18 – for her first LPGA Tour victory of the year.

Kim, who started the round one shot behind the leaders, won for the eighth time on the tour. Inkster, who will turn 47 next month, would have been the oldest player to win an LPGA Tour event. She closed with a 2-under 69 in regulation.

Kim, who shot a 71, and Inkster finished regulation tied at 3-under, one shot ahead of Ai Miyazoto and Angela Stanford. Four others were at 1-under, including Lorena Ochoa, Reilley Rankin and Stephanie Louden. Rankin and Louden began the day in a four-way tie for first.

Six players held the lead at some point on a cloudy, humid day. The 6,602-yard Cedar Ridge Country Club course was soggy from storms that hit Oklahoma the past week.

Champions Tour

Scott Hoch fired a final-round 68 to capture his first Champions Tour victory, winning by two shots over D.A. Weibring at the FedEx Kinko’s Classic in Lakeway, Texas.

Hoch, who turned 50 last year but has battled left wrist problems since surgery in late 2005, finished the event with a 15-under 201 total at The Hills Country Club. He earned $240,000.

Weibring finished with a 67 and at 13 under for the tournament. It was his best finish since a win at the 2005 Bruno’s Memorial Classic.

He held a three-shot lead over Weibring going into the final day and never trailed or was tied on the last 18 holes, holding at least a two-shot lead for the last 11 holes.

Loren Roberts shot 66 to finish third with a three-day total of 204.