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Seoul Sister: You go, girl!
Published: 5/10/2007 10:54 AM
Last Modified: 5/10/2007 10:54 AM

There is a Web site for everything these days, including a fan site devoted to Koreans on the LPGA Tour: www.seoulsisters.com.
All of humanity should be a fan of South Korean golfer Mi Hyun Kim, who won $210,000 at the SemGroup Championship on Sunday and announced two days later she was giving $100,000 to tornado victims in Kansas.
The morning after Kim announced her donation, my cell phone rang. Tom Kivisto, SemGroup's president and chief executive officer, called from out of the blue to to gush about Kim's gesture.
"People continue to ask SemGroup why we are involved with the LPGA," Kivisto said in a statement issued Tuesday. "The incredible generosity of Mi Hyun Kim captures the answer: we are a company that challenges our employees to give back on every level of their lives; we are headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- ranked the most charitable city in America; and so it is only natural that we would align ourselves with the LPGA - the professional sport that gives back more than any other."
An e-mail arrived Wednesday from a Korean-American living in Tulsa. She wanted to get a message to Kim to thank her for the thoughtful donation.
"I am soooooooooooo proud of her," wrote the sender, Grace Park, who shares a name with an LPGA player. "I don't know (Kim) personally, I just see her whenever I go to the LPGA. I saw her last week. She is only Korean golfer to greet us Koreans with a bow. She is so polite and courteous."
Kim was just part of the crowd when she arrived at Cedar Ridge Country Club last week. She'll have the respect of everyone when she returns because she is willing to chip in on and off the course.


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Bill (6 years ago)
There are now two golfers on the LPGA for whom I'll be pulling: Stacy P. & Kim.

Kim's generosity is overwhelming. By the sound of it, she does this sort of thing as a habit, giving very generously to charities back home in Korea.

What an outstanding young woman!!
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