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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = At the LPGA Tour Tournament in the United States, the ‘winning drought’ of Korean players continued for 11 consecutive tournaments.
At the Ascendant LPGA (total prize pool of $1.7 million), which ended on the 3rd (Korean time) at Old American Golf Club (par 71, 6517 yards) in The Colony, Texas, USA, Soyeon Ryu (32) recorded a final total of 10 under par 274. , tied for 7th, the highest ranking among Korean players.
As a result, Korean players have not been able to climb to the top in 11 recent LPGA Tour tournaments since Jeon In-ji (28) won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a major event at the end of June this year.
The recent case in which a Korean player failed to win 10 or more consecutive LPGA Tour tournaments is the first in over 8 years since 17 consecutive tournaments from October 2013 to June 2014.
Yoo So-yeon was tied for 6th place, 3 shots behind the lead until the 3rd round of the tournament, and there was a possibility of a comeback victory, but she might not improve the ranking by reducing 2 strokes with 4 birdies and 2 bogeys.
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The winner was Charlie Hull (England) with a final total of 18-under 266.
Hull, who won the tour for the second time in six years since the CME Group Tour Championship in November 2016, received a prize money of 255,000 dollars (regarding 360 million won).
Lin Shiyu (China), who finished runners-up by one stroke, put birdie putts regarding 6m away on the 16th and 17th holes in a row and pursued the joint lead, but Hull, who played in the same group, scored a 1.5m birdie putt on the 17th hole (par 5). It succeeded and ran away to 1st place solo once more.
On the last 18th hole (par 4), Hull holed out first with a par, and Lin Siyu missed a birdie opportunity regarding 5 meters to the left, confirming Hull’s victory.
Lydia Ko (New Zealand) finished third alone with a 16-under 268. As a result of this competition, Lydia Ko was ranked first in the CME Globe Race, which converts her season performance into points.
Ataya Titikun (Thailand), who leads the Rookie of the Year award category, is in fourth place alone with a 12-under 272 shot. The rookie award winner, who added 70 points, scored 1,369 points, widening the gap with 2nd place Hyejin Choi (23) with 1,161 points to 208 points.
Since the winner of the contest is given 150 points for the Rookie of the Year award, it became a gap that Choi Hye-jin might not keep up with with just one contest. Hye-Jin Choi withdrew during the competition and was unable to add her score.
The next LPGA Tour event is the Mediheal Championship (total prize money of $1.8 million), which will be held for four days from the 6th.
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