Jungeun Lee placed 4th at the Kroger Queen City Championship on the LPGA Tour… Winning is Ewing

Kim A-rim tied for 5th and Choi Hye-jin tied for 14th

Jeongeun Lee’s final round match

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Lee Jeong-eun (26) finished fourth in the LPGA Tour Kroger Queen City Championship (total prize money of $1.75 million).

On the 12th (Korean time) at Kenwood Country Club (par 72, 6,515 yards) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, on the 12th (Korean time), in the fourth round of the tournament, Lee Jeong-eun tied five birdies and three bogeys to hit a 2-under 70.

Jeong-eun Lee, who finished the final total of 14-under 274, finished the tournament in 4th place.

With this, Lee Jung-eun is on the LPGA Tour for the first time in regarding six months since she ranked in the top 10 at the Drive-On Championship in February (tied 9th), the HSBC Women’s World Championship (tied 4th) in March, and Honda Thailand (tied 8th). I finished in the top 10 in the competition.

Lee Jung-eun, who started this tournament in a tie for 11th at 4 under par, took the solo lead by hitting 9 birdies in the second round, aiming for two career victories on the LPGA Tour, but lost one shot in the third round and was pushed down to a tie for fourth place and finished solo 4th. .

Lee Jung-eun, who had only seen two bogeys until the 6th hole at the beginning of the day, made her first birdie on the 7th hole (par 4), and thinned out birdies on the 11th hole (par 3) and the 13th to 14th holes.

The flow seemed to be cut off on the 15th hole (par 5), but Lee Jung-eun, who put a tricky birdie putt on the 18th hole (par 4), left a pleasant finale with a clenched fist ceremony.

Lee Jung-eun said, “The atmosphere was not good when we started with two bogeys, but in the second half, I did my best to catch a birdie.

He said, “I’m satisfied with being in the top 5 following a long time. There were a lot of good shots and good putts enough to look forward to the upcoming competition,” he said. “, he said confidently.

Allie Ewing wins
Allie Ewing wins

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The championship went to Allie Ewing (USA) with a final total of 22 under par 266.

Ewing achieved three career victories on the LPGA Tour following the Drive-On Championship-Reynolds Lake O’Connie in October 2020 and Bank of Hope Match Play in May last year. The prize money for the championship is 262,500 dollars (regarding 360 million won).

Ewing, who took the lead by reducing 5 strokes in the third round, caught 6 birdies without bogey, including consecutive birdies on the 12th to 16th holes, and kept the top of the leaderboard.

Lin Shiyu (China) finished second by one stroke (21 under par 267), and Maria Pasi (Mexico) was third (16 under par 272).

Following Lee Jeong-eun in fourth place, Kim A-rim (27) was named in a joint fifth place (13-under 275 strokes) with Andrea Lee and Murina Alex (USA).

Kim A-rim greeting following the birdie on the 4th hole
Kim A-rim greeting following the birdie on the 4th hole

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Kim A-rim, who entered the top 10 for the 4th time of the season by reducing two strokes that day, said, “I played well this week, but my condition on the last day was very bad.

Rookie Hyejin Choi (23) was tied for 14th (9-under par 279) with Noh Noh-rim (USA).

Hyejin Choi maintained second place with 1,83 points in the Rookie of the Year award.

Ataya Titikun (Thailand) finished this tournament in 9th place (11 under par 277) and maintained the lead in the Rookie of the Year category (1,149 points).

Anna Lin (26) finished tied for 20th (7-under 281 strokes), Kang Hye-ji (32) tied for 24th (6-under-par 282 strokes), and Kim Se-young (29) finished tied for 33rd (5 under par 283 strokes).

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