For the third day in a row, Choi Ye-rim finished second by one stroke, and Park Hyun-kyung placed third.
Hansol Ji (26) won the Korean Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour Jeju Samdasoo Masters (total prize of 900 million won) by one stroke.
Hansol Ji hit a 5-under 67 with 7 birdies and 2 bogeys in the fourth round of the final day of the tournament held at Elysian Jeju (par 72, 6,684 yards) in Jeju City on the 7th.
Hansol Ji, who recorded a final total of 14 under par 274, surpassed 2nd place Yerim Choi (23) by one stroke and climbed to the top.
Hansol Ji, who won the ADT Caps Championship for the first time in November 2017, achieved three tour victories following regarding a year and three months since the E1 Charity Open in May last year.
The prize money for the winner is 162 million won.
Ji Han-sol, who was third by three strokes to the lead Ye-rim Choi until the third round, decorated all the last four holes with birdies and achieved a dramatic come-back victory by one stroke.
Hansol Ji, who pressured Yerim Choi, who was the solo leader by one stroke with birdies on the 15th and 16th holes in a row, put a 9.8m long birdie putt on the 17th hole (par 4) and came up to the joint lead.
Hansol Ji’s second shot with 121m left on the 18th hole (par 4) hit the flagpole and fell 40cm away from the hole, ending the drama.
Yerim Choi tried a 10.5m long birdie putt on the 18th hole, but it was a bit short, so she postponed her first chance of winning.
Yerim Choi maintained the lead throughout the 1st to 3rd rounds of this tournament, and she also took the lead on the 16th hole (par 3), but was unable to withstand Hansol Ji’s birdie rise over the last 4 holes.
After runners-up once in 2018 and 2019, only the runner-up on the regular tour was the third.
Park Hyun-kyung (22) ranked third with a 10-under 278 stroke, while Hae-ran Ha (21), who placed first in the target points, ranked fourth with an 8-under 280 stroke.
Last year’s winner Oh Ji-hyeon (26), Lee Ye-won (19), who took first place in the Rookie of the Year award, and Jo A-yeon (22), winner of the Lakeside Seoul Newspaper Classic held at the end of July, finished the competition with a 7-under 281 shot and tied for 5th.
Park Min-ji (24), who took first place in the prize money, started the first tournament in the second half of the year with a 1-under 287 stroke and a tie for 25th.
Starting with this tournament, the KLPGA Tour will hold 15 consecutive tournaments until the second week of November, leading to the 2022 season.
/yunhap news
