They plan to have someone else caddie a couple times this season just to get a fresh set of eyes, but otherwise, dad will stay inside the ropes for Alexa's third full season on the LPGA.

also her career-low LPGA round, to finish on 274 and share fourth with South Korea's Ko Jin-young. Kim, 29, began the day with a three-stroke lead but stumbled early with a bogey at the third hole.