Gina Kim and Yana Wilson claimed their first LPGA Tour victories on Sunday. The former Epson Tour teammates topped the LPGA leaderboard at the 2026 LPGA Dow Championship at Midland Country Club.
The pair built their partnership on the developmental Epson Tour before reaching the LPGA. That familiarity showed under final-round pressure.
Gina Kim-Yana Wilson Bond Fuels LPGA Dow Championship Win
Kim made an eagle on a par-5 to shift the momentum, and from there, both players leaned on each other's strengths through the back nine.
For Kim, 26, the victory caps a long stretch of ups and downs. She made just six cuts in 18 starts during the 2024 LPGA season. More recently, she entered the LPGA Dow Championship on a run of three consecutive missed cuts.
"This is a life changer," Kim said.
Wilson took a different path to get here. She had verbally committed to the University of Oregon but chose to turn professional out of high school instead. She earned her Epson Tour membership through LPGA Q-Series and worked her way up.
The LPGA team event win arrives for both golfer just as the 2026 LPGA Tour heads into a demanding run — three major championships fall within the next five weeks.
"I feel like the Epson Tour kind of paved the way for us just to be comfortable out here," Wilson said. "It really just teaches you how to win and be gritty out there."
