Leading 3R of KB Financial Star Championship… Park Min-ji and Lee So-young 1 stroke chase
Jung Yoon-ji (22), who grew up suddenly by winning the first championship this year, is looking forward to winning the majors.
On the 17th, Jung Yun-ji hit 3-under par 69 in the third round of the KB Financial Star Championship (total prize of 1.2 billion won), the fourth major tournament of the Korean women’s professional golf (KLPGA) tour season, held at Blackstone Icheon Golf Club (par 72) in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 17th for a mid-total total. He took the lead with a 2-under-par 214.
Jeong Yun-ji, who beat Park Min-ji (24) and Lee So-young (25) by one stroke, took the opportunity to decorate the second major championship four months following enjoying the thrill of her first victory at the E1 Charity Open in May.
Jung Yun-ji, who participated in the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games with Lim Hee-jeong (22) and Yoo Hae-ran (21), made her debut on the KLPGA tour in 2020, but the results were lower than expected for the past two years.
However, this year, when he first won his first championship, he was reborn as a top-ranking player in the 9th place in the prize money ranking, not only winning but also being ranked in the top 10 six times, including runner-up and once in 3rd place.
Jung Yun-ji, who entered the third round three shots behind leader So-young Lee, started off poorly with a bogey of three putts on the first hole (par 5).
Jeong Yun-ji, who made up for it by catching a 1.5m birdie on the 8th hole (par 4), took the lead by drawing consecutive birdies on the 13th (par 3), 14th (par 4), and 15th holes (par 5).
The so-called ‘cycle birdie’ march was held to catch birdies on all par 3, par 4, and par 5 holes that were connected side by side.
Jung Yoon-ji said, “I was angry because I made a putt mistake on the first hole, but I was able to reduce the number of strokes like this following I tried to play calmly.
Jung Yun-ji, who tied for second place at the Hanwha Classic in the third major of the season, said, “I was too greedy at the time.
I promise not to be greedy.
Whether I win tomorrow or not, I think it will depend on luck and my efforts so far.”
So-young Lee added two bogeys to one birdie and lost one stroke, and Min-Ji Park recorded an even-par 72.
It was the third round with a bigger disappointment for Park Min-ji than Lee So-young, who was pushed out from the lead by hitting 73 with one birdie and two bogeys.
Park Min-ji took the lead by reducing three strokes by catching 4 birdies to the 12th hole, but was caught by a double bogey on the 15th hole (par 5).
The problem was that the second shot with the iron flew too short.
His third shot with 190m left to the pin fell into the water and he lost two strokes.
Park Min-ji, who allowed Jung Yun-ji to lead the joint lead, went into the rough rough on the 17th hole (par 4) and lost another shot.
Jung Yun-ji, Park Min-ji, and Lee So-young, who played together in the third round, will face off in the championship group for the championship in the final round.
Park Ji-young (26), who runs first in average batting average, finished 4th (1 over-par 217) with a 1-under-par 71 stroke.
Yoo Hae-ran (21), who ranked first in the grand prize points, jumped up to tied 5th (3 over par 219) by hitting the Daily Best Score 4-under-par 68.
Lim Hee-jung (22), who cut three strokes, and Hong Jeong-min (20), who hit 2-under 70, also joined the joint fifth place group.
Jeon In-ji (28) hit a 1-over par 73, falling to a tie for 20th (6-over-par 222).
/yunhap news
