Kiwi Lydia Ko has revealed what clinching the LPGA's BMW Ladies Championship title in her birth country of South Korea means to her.
Ko produced an almost perfect final round to take honours at Wonju, holing eight birdies to claim just her second victory of the year.
The Seoul-born golfing phenom moved to New Zealand aged four and is delighted to come out on top in front of her family in her native nation.
"I feel so proud to be born in Korea," she said. "Because of that, I really wanted to win here.
"It's not only just a place that I'm born, but a lot of my family is still here.
"This week, my relatives are here, my direct family is here and I wanted to win it for them as well. To be able to do that this year in front of a lot of them, it means a lot."
Ko entered the last day a shot behind Thai teenager Atthaya Thitkul, but wound up at 21-under, four strokes better than American Andrea Lee.
She believes consistency was crucial to securing the win, after stringing together two rounds of 68 and then 66 on the penultimate day.
"I played the back nine really well in all four of my rounds and I think that was the big key for me, just knowing that there are holes out there that we can be aggressive, even though there are some tougher ones," she said.
"I think I was able to strategically keep calm and be patient.
"Obviously, this weekend, I played really solid. I gave myself a lot of good looks.
"I had a couple of lucky breaks as well, but it was just one of those weeks where I think I played solid all four rounds.
"I think, to be able to win these days, you've got to play well in all four of these rounds, because you're playing against the world's best players. One mediocre round, that puts you a few shots behind."
