VIENNA, Ohio (Ticker) - The shorter drought ended.

Korea's Mi-Hyun Kim birdied the 17th hole Sunday and held on to win the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic by one stroke for her first triumph in nearly two years.

Heading to the 17th tee, Kim was tied with second-round leader Kelly Robbins, who was seeking her first victory since 1999. While Robbins pulled her drive past a cart path, Kim left her approach shot just four feet from the cup and made the birdie to take sole possession of the lead.

"Before the second shot, I was a little bit confident," Kim said. "I know how I can hit the ball. I had an uphill lie, so I aimed a little right."

Robbins also pulled her approach into the gallery at the 18th hole but nearly holed a chip that would have forced Kim to birdie.

"I knew I hit the spot I was looking at. It was a good shot," Robbins said. "I didn't think it was going in at first, but after I hit the green, it kept rolling. I knew I had a shot to work with. I was trying to make it. I wanted to win."

Kim two-putted for par and her fourth win in as many years on the LPGA Tour.

"It was surprising to me because I changed clubs on Wednesday," said Kim, who also changed caddies two weeks ago.

Asked what she plans to change before next week's Big Apple Classic, she replied, "Nothing."

The 1999 LPGA Rookie of the Year, Kim shot a 3-under-par 69 on Sunday and won the $150,000 first prize with a 54-hole total of 14-under 202. Her last victory came in the 2000 Safeway LPGA Championship.

"I was nervous because I missed a lot of putts before 17. Every time, my putts were a double-break," she said. "Also, 17 was a double-break, too. So I was just a little bit nervous."

Robbins started the day with a one-stroke lead but carded a 71 and settled for a fifth runner-up finish since her last victory at the season-opening Healthsouth Inaugural in 1999.

"Obviously, a little disappointed," Robbins said. "Anytime you go into the final round with a one-shot lead, you want to play well and win. I just really couldn't get the ball close enough.

"I have been playing good, very happy to be in position. I had emotions stirred up that I haven't felt in a while."

Dorothy Delasin made a valiant bid for a "three-peat" at the Squaw Creek Country Club, firing a 5-under 67 to join Korea's Grace Park in a third-place tie at 205. The 21-year-old Californian was trying to become the eighth player in LPGA history to post three consecutive wins at the same event.

Through 16 holes, Kim and Robbins played virtually identical rounds, with the exception of a two-stroke swing at the par-4 11th.

Kim rolled in a six-foot birdie putt at the par-4 third hole, but Robbins answered by birdying the 479-yard fifth from eight feet. The 32-year-old Michigan native also made a 12-footer for birdie at No. 9.

Kim made up the two-stroke difference at the 361-yard 11th hole. She left an 8-iron two feet from the cup to make birdie while Robbins hit a bad wedge before two-putting from six feet for bogey.

Asked if she considered that the turning point, Robbins said, "I thought about that, too, but I also thought there's still a lot of golf left. I wasn't concerned at all. We were still even. I said, `OK, game on, no more goofing off, let's see what you can do."

She never gained another stroke, however, closing with seven pars.