Yu So-yeon tied for 7th, and Lydia Ko finished 1st in the CME Globe Race.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = At the LPGA Tour Tournament in the United States, the ‘winning drought’ of Korean players continued for 11 consecutive tournaments.
At the Ascendant LPGA (total prize pool of $1.7 million), which ended on the 3rd (Korean time) at Old American Golf Club (par 71, 6517 yards) in The Colony, Texas, USA, Soyeon Ryu (32) recorded a final total of 10 under par 274. , tied for 7th, the highest ranking among Korean players.
As a result, Korean players have not been able to climb to the top in 11 recent LPGA Tour tournaments since Jeon In-ji (28) won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a major event at the end of June this year.
The recent case in which a Korean player failed to win 10 or more consecutive LPGA Tour tournaments is the first in over 8 years since 17 consecutive tournaments from October 2013 to June 2014.
Yoo So-yeon was tied for 6th place, 3 shots behind the lead until the 3rd round of the tournament, and there was a possibility of a comeback victory, but she might not improve the ranking by reducing 2 strokes with 4 birdies and 2 bogeys.
Yoo So-yeon, who achieved the ‘Top 10’ in regarding two and a half months following tied for 8th at the Evian Championship in July, said, “It feels good to be in the ‘Top 10’ in a long time. I will give meaning to seeing a lot of positive aspects,” he said.
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The winner was Charlie Hull (England) with a final total of 18-under 266.
Hull, who won the tour for the second time in six years since the CME Group Tour Championship in November 2016, received a prize money of 255,000 dollars (regarding 360 million won).
Lin Shiyu (China), who finished runner-up by one stroke, caught birdies and eagles on the 16th and 17th holes in a row to catch up with a joint lead.
On the 16th hole (par 3), he put a birdie putt of regarding 3.6m, and on the 17th hole (par 5), he succeeded in putting an eagle putt at a distance of 10m.
However, Hull, who played in the same group as Lin Siyu, ran a birdie putt from a little over 1m on the 17th hole and ran away to first place once more.
On the last 18th hole (par 4), Hull holed out first with a par, and Lin Siyu missed a birdie opportunity regarding 5 meters to the left, confirming Hull’s victory.
Lydia Ko (New Zealand), who is regarding to get married in December of this year, took third place alone with a 16-under 268 shot.
Lydia Ko, who was ranked number one in average at-bats, also took first place in the CME Globe Race, which converts season results into points as a result of this competition.
Ataya Titikun (Thailand), who leads the Rookie of the Year award category, is in fourth place alone with a 12-under 272 shot. The rookie award winner, who added 70 points, scored 1,369 points, widening the gap with 2nd place Hyejin Choi (23) with 1,161 points to 208 points.
The third place in the world ranking is expected to rise to the second place in the rankings on the 3rd.
Since the winner of the contest is given 150 points for the Rookie of the Year award, it became a gap that Choi Hye-jin might not keep up with with just one contest. Hye-Jin Choi withdrew during the competition and was unable to add her score.
The next LPGA Tour event is the Mediheal Championship (total prize money of $1.8 million), which will be held for four days from the 6th.
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