Hot putter helps Kim take third career title

South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo captured her third career LPGA title on Sunday, firing a seven-under par 66 to win the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic at Paradise Island.

The 20-year-old rising Asian star charged to victory with two runs of three birdies in a row, finishing 72 holes on 18-under 274 to beat American Stacy Lewis, Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and defending champion Kim Sei-young of South Korea by two strokes.

"My goal coming into today was top 10, but I'm really happy and really pleased to win," an ecstatic Kim said through a translator.