By the 3rd round, 5 strokes lead to 2nd place, and the 4th hole tee shot was mistakenly split.
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(Estrodian[스코틀랜드]·Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Choi Yun-jeong, Correspondent Kim Dong-chan = Jeon In-ji (28) won the AIG Women’s Open ($7.3 million in total prize money), the last major event of the LPGA Tour season, following overtime.
In-ji Jeon hit a 1-under 70 with three birdies and two bogeys in the fourth round of the final day of the tournament at Muirfield (par 71, 6,728 yards) in East Coast, Scotland on the 8th (Korean time).
Jeon In-ji, with a final total of 10-under par 274, lost to Ashley Bugay (South Africa) following playing 4th overtime on the 18th hole (par 4).
Jeon In-ji, who was in second place five shots behind the lead Budae until the 3rd round, was second by three shots to the 15th hole (par 4) on that day, but Buji lost three strokes to a triple bogey on the 15th hole (par 4). took the lead in others.
However, as the tee shot before the fourth hole of extra time went to the bunker, the game’s additional load leaned toward the winner.
In the end, Budae kept the par here, and Jeon In-ji’s 8m par putt was short, so the ‘Battle of the Hundred Weeks’, which took place over 9 pm local time, ended.
Jeon In-ji, who won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June this year and won three majors, swallowed a bunru just before two major victories of the season and one ‘career grand slam achievement’.
Bukhai, who had 3 victories on the Ladies European Tour (LET) but never won on the LPGA Tour, won this tournament jointly organized by the LPGA Tour and LET and received a prize of $1095,000 (regarding 1.42 billion won).
Her husband, David Buhay, is working as a caddy for Lee Jung-eun (26) on the LPGA tour.
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Bukhai, who took the lead by three strokes, got his tee shot into the bunker on the 15th hole, and the ball from the bunker fell into a long rough.
The rough was so deep that the third shot only moved to the nearby rough, and following a struggle, he lost three strokes on this hole alone, allowing Jeon In-ji to lead the way.
In the 18th overtime only, the two players drew a par, bogey, and par until the 3rd overtime, and finally the game was decided in the 4th overtime.
It was past 9 pm local time, and there was a possibility of ‘2 days and 1 night’ if the sunset time was not far away, so if you went to the 5th extension.
Jeon In-ji’s tee shot headed to the bunker, and he took the ball out of the bunker, but there was still plenty of distance left so that Jeon In-ji took his third shot before Budae might hit his second shot.
Buji’s second shot went into the bunker around the green and seemed to make the 5th overtime, but Jeon In-ji’s burden increased, leaving regarding 8m par putt by sending the ball right in front of the hole with a bunker shot.
Bukhai is a player strong enough to run in the first place with a 68.5% sand save rate on the LPGA Tour this season.
In the end, In-Jeon Jeon mightn’t keep the par, and had to give the championship trophy to Budae, who kept the par.
Hinako Shibuno (Japan) finished third with a 9-under 275 shot, and Korean player Lee Min-ji (Australia) tied for fourth with a 7-under 277 shot.
This year’s U.S. Women’s Open winner Lee Min-ji became the winner of the Annika Award, which determines the ranking by adding up the results of the five major tournaments this season.
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