13-year-old Ahn Seong-hyeon, the youngest ever to pass a new cut
Choi Jin-ho (38) and Jeon Seong-hyun (29) finished the second round of the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour Bizplay Electronic Newspaper Open (total prize money of 700 million won) jointly.
Jinho Choi hit a 4-under 68 with 5 birdies and 1 bogey in the second round of the third day of the tournament at Blackstone Jeju Country Club (par 72, 7,385 yards) in Jeju City, Jeju Island on the 17th.
Choi Jin-ho, who was the sole lead in the first round, started the final round on the 18th with a joint first place with Jeon Seong-hyun with a mid-total 9-under 135.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be a 72-hole 4th round, but was reduced to a 54-hole 3rd round due to bad weather on the 15th, the first day of the tournament.
Jinho Choi, who has 7 wins on the tour, inflated his chances of winning for the first time in 5 years and 4 months since the SK Telecom Open in May 2017.
Jeon Seong-hyeon recorded an eagle, 6 birdies, and 1 bogey to score a 7-under 65.
Jeon Seong-hyun, who debuted on the Korean tour in 2016, has yet to win a championship.
This year’s best performance is tied for fourth place in the KB Financial Live Championship and Honors K/Solarago CC Single Award Invitational.
Jeon Seong-hyun, who is sponsored by Webcash Group, who is the title sponsor of the tournament, said, “The reason for this year’s good results is that I had a sense of responsibility ahead of the wedding in December.
Korean player Ko Seok-wan (28, Canada) is in third place by two strokes with a 7-under 137.
Hamam-woo (28) and Jo Min-gyu (34) were placed in the group tied for 4th with 5 under par 139.
Ahn Seong-hyeon (13), born in 2009, passed the cut with a 2 under par 142 shot and tied for 26th, setting the record for passing the cut (13 years and 4 months), the youngest in the history of the KPGA Korean Tour.
The previous record was 14 years and 24 days of the 2001 Yuseong Open by Kang Sung-hoon (35).
Also, Kyung-Jun Moon (39) recorded an albatross by sending his second shot with a 19-degree utility straight into the hole with regarding 260 yards left on the 17th hole (par 5).
It is the third albatross in his personal career following the 2008 KPGA Korean Tour GS Caltex Maekyung Open and last year’s DP World Tour Kenya Savannah Classic.
On the last day of the 36th Shinhan Donghae Open held in Japan last week, Thirawat Kawisiri Bandit (Thailand) performed an albatross, followed by the first two consecutive albatrosses on the KPGA Korean Tour.
In this game, Choi Woong Choi (35) made a hole-in-one on the 13th hole (par 3).
Choi Woong, who wielded a 7-iron from a distance of 156m, received a Mercedes-Benz vehicle worth 60 million won as an injury.
Choi Woong, who played a hole-in-one for the first time in the official tournament, said, “I thought regarding changing the car, but a good opportunity came up.”
However, Choe Woong hit a total of 3 over par over two days and did not pass the cut, which was 2 over par.
On the last day of the 18th, due to the impact of the typhoon, the last group will start the game at 8:40 am.
/yunhap news
