Jeon In-ji and Lee Min-ji beat him by two strokes
First win of the season… 13 victories in his career
New record for at-bats in 60s for 15 consecutive rounds
30 consecutive rounds of under par score
Tour money king 4 consecutive victories challenge, strong start
Jinyoung Ko smiles brightly with a trophy following winning the LPGA Tour HSBC Women’s World Championship at Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on the 6th. Singapore = Associated Press
It was also ranked number 1 in the world. Jinyoung Ko (27 · Solaire) took her first appearance this season following a three-month break in the US Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour event, where she showed a terrifying backstabbing and scored a wonderful comeback victory. In particular, Jin-young Ko, who reported her first victory as a Korean player this season, also wrote a new history by writing two new records that surpassed women’s golf legend Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) on this day.
Jinyoung Ko hit a 6-under 66 in the final 4 rounds of the LPGA Tour HSBC Women’s World Championship (total prize of $1.7 million) held at the Tanjong Course (par 72, 6749 yards) at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on the 6th to finish with a total of 17-under 271 in the 4 rounds. climbed on Jin-young Ko, who beat the tied 2nd place, Jeon In-ji (28, KB Financial Group) and Lee Min-ji (Australia) by two strokes, rose to the record of 13 wins with her first win this season. After winning the CME Group Tour Championship in the final match of the season in November last year, he showed his overwhelming skills by winning the championship six times in the last 10 tournaments. Jin-young Ko solidified her world No. 1 position with this win, and heralded a strong start for the 4th consecutive championship with a prize money of 255,000 dollars (regarding 310 million won).
Jin-young Ko not only won the championship, but also set two new records of at-bats in the 60s for 15 consecutive rounds and under par for 30 consecutive rounds, showing off the aspect of a ‘record maker’. Jinyoung Ko tied the LPGA Tour record set by Sorenstam in 2005 and Soyeon Ryu (32, Mediheal) in 2017 by hitting the 60s in 14 consecutive rounds from July to October last year. In October of last year, he was cut off in the first round (71 shots) of the BMW Ladies Championship, and the new record was not achieved. However, from the second round of the BMW Championship, he once more hit 60 in a row and finally achieved a great record. In addition, he has recorded an under-par score since the fourth round of the Evian Championship last year, and continued his under-par streak until this day, surpassing the previous 29 consecutive under-par records held by Sorenstam in 2004 and Lydia Ko (New Zealand) in 2015.
Jinyoung Ko, who started the 4th round with Lee Jeong-eun (26, Daebang Engineering & Construction) tied for 2nd place with one stroke behind Jeon In-ji, who was the sole leader in the third round, will catch birdies in a row at the 8th hole (par 5) and the 9th hole (par 4). Until then, he recorded only par and might not reduce the number of at-bats. In the meantime, while Lee Jung-eun took the lead and Ataya Titikun (Thailand) pursued it, Jin-young Ko rather took the 12th hole (par 4) bogey and took the lead by two strokes and seemed to be far from winning.
However, Jinyoung Ko’s back was bitter. He jumped into the lead once more by catching birdies in four consecutive holes from the 13th to the 16th, and succeeded in a comeback on the last 18th hole (par 4), where he and Lee Jung-eun jointly lead the 16-under par. While Lee Jung-eun’s second shot fell into the bunker, Ko Jin-young took a birdie opportunity by attaching the second shot to the 2m hole cup following a stable tee shot. As if shaken by this, Lee Jung-eun collapsed into a double bogey with a bunker shot mistake and fell to a tie for 4th with a tee-kun with a final total of 14 under, and Jin-young Ko smiled brightly as she neatly caught the last hole birdie.
Yang Hee-young (33, Woori Financial Group) tied for 5th with 13 under par, and Kim A-rim (27, SBI Savings Bank) tied for ninth with 11 under par, achieving the top 10. Park In-bee (34, KB Financial Group) tied for 17th with an 8-under 280 stroke.
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