By Mark Hayes (Golf Australia)

Australia`s top amateur, Grace Kim, has delivered a career highlight and her second victory in a professional tournament in Texas.

The 20-year-old Kim, who won the Australian Amateur earlier this year, held on to win the Oscar Williams Classic on the Women`s All Pro Tour at Hurricane Creek Country Club outside Dallas, Texas, by two shots.

At one point of the final round she led by nine shots before a series of mishaps on the back nine, including a triple bogey at the par-four 11th hole and a double bogey at the par-five 17th. But her closing 73 to go with earlier rounds of 67-69-68 left her at 11 under par and two shots ahead of Frenchwoman Emma Broze.

The win gets a start for Avondale Golf Club`s Kim in a Symetra Tour event in Cincinnati later this month. She is the first amateur ever to win a WAPT regular season tournament.

Kim previously won a tournament on the Cactus Tour during this trip to the US.