LPGA TOURNAMENT WINNER GIVES $100,000
TO KANSAS TOWN DESTROYED BY TORNADO

Mi Hyun Kim, winner of the SemGroup Championship on the LPGA Tour, is to donate $100,000 of her $210,000 winner’s paycheck to the United Way Greensburg Disaster Fund to aid the victims of the tornado that destroyed the Kansas town last weekend.
“I was just happy that I won the tournament,” said Kim. “Sunday and during the week, the tornados came out of the middle of nowhere. I felt like I needed to do something for them. Winning a tournament on its own was a good thing, but I just decided to donate some money.”
Kim, 30, is currently seventh on the 2007 LPGA official money list with $315,341 in season earnings. She moved into 10th all-time on the LPGA Official Career Earnings List with her victory at the SemGroup Championship last week. She has earned more than $6.5 million since joining the Tour in 1999.
“Honestly, I made a lot of money in the United States on the LPGA Tour,” said Kim. “Most of time, I get the money here and donate to South Korea. But, I want to help people here, too. The win was a surprise for me and I think God gave it to me like a special present or he is using me like, ‘Okay, I give you this, but after that you give to help the people.’”