Bianca Pagdanganan in second as Kim rules Ascendant LPGA

Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines and Thailand's Atthaya Thitikul shared second place on nine under.Pagdanganan and Atthaya both shot six-under-par 65s to close. Pagdanganan's final round included six birdies on the back nine but the 25-year-old from Quezon City was unable to close the gap on leader Kim.Atthaya was similarly impressive down the stretch, making five birdies in her final seven holes to march up the leaderboard.Kim, the 28-year-old world No.

Kim reached the turn at one under for the round, 12 under overall, after two birdies and one bogey on the front nine.A bogey on the 11th dropped her back to 11 under, but two more birdies on the 14th and 17th holes ensured victory by four shots with a 13 under aggregate of 271.Australia's Sarah Kemp finished fourth on eight under par after a closing 69 while Lexi Thompson was alone in fifth on seven under after a one-under-par 70.

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