| Yewon Lee reading the green slope.[KLPGA 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지] |
Lee Ye-won (19), the strongest rookie on the Korean Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour this year, finally got her first chance to win.
Lee Ye-won added 15 points in the second round of the Dongbu Construction/Korea Land Trust Championship (total prize money of 1 billion won) of the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour held in a modified stable pod method at Iksan Country Club (par 72) in Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do on the 14th. He took the lead with a total of 27 points.
The modified Stableford method determines the ranking by adding up the points given for each score, not the number of strokes.
Albatross is 8 points, Eagle 5 points, birdie 2 points, bogey is -1, double bogey or more is -3.
Yewon Lee caught 8 birdies that day and served 1 bogey.
In particular, Yewon Lee swept 5 birdies in the 9 holes in the second half to score 10 points.
Lee Ye-won is a candidate for the 0th place in the Rookie of the Year, who dominates the first place in the Rookie of the Year race throughout this season.
As the 4th place in the prize money ranking (712.42 million won), the 6th place in the target points, and the 8th place in the average number of strokes (70.948 strokes) show, it has top-notch performance.
Although she had many chances to win, including runner-up 3 times, Yewon Lee, who had not yet made a connection with the championship, laid the foundation for another challenge.
“I thought about it before I went out to do a lot of birdies. Yewon Lee said, “I am satisfied with the good results because I play more aggressively than usual.”
Yewon Lee also expressed her desire to win, saying, “At the beginning of the season, I had no intention of winning, but as I feel closer, my thoughts of winning are growing.”
Ye-won Lee has the task of avoiding the chase of Park Hyeon-kyung (22), the ‘daughter of Iksan’.
Born and raised in Iksan, Park Hyun-kyung, who considers Iksan Country Club as her home course, added 9 points by tying 5 birdies and 1 bogey on that day, chasing Lee Ye-won by 3 points.
Park Hyun-kyung, who received the support of the cloud crowd that day, said, “The support of my hometown fans gives me strength and gives me energy. She also feels proud,” she said. “In the beginning, I had high expectations as the mid-long-distance putts came in, but I couldn’t get the flow in the middle, so I couldn’t reduce the number of strokes as much as I thought.” She did not hide her regret.
Park Hyun-kyung is as desperate as Lee Ye-won as she is struggling because she has not won a championship even though she has shown a steady performance without losing a cut this year.
Park Hyun-kyung said, “I will not remember the word victory,” and said, “Tomorrow, I will catch more birdies.”
Lee Ga-young (23), who did not win as much as Lee Ye-won and Park Hyeon-kyung, rose to third place (22 points) by adding 11 points with six birdies and one bogey.
Jinhee Lim (24) and Heejeong Lim (22) placed 4th (21 points) and 5th (20 points).
Kim Hee-ji (20), who took the lead (16 points) with two Eagles in the first round, only added three points with two birdies and one bogey.
Kim Su-ji (26), who took only 2 birdies the day before and was on the verge of losing the cut with 1 bogey, swept 7 birdies without bogey and scored a tie for 9th (17 points). came up
Defending champion Lee Jung-min (30), whose performance was greatly reduced due to injuries, was eliminated by the cut with a total of -2 points.