[성남=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = National team member Min-hyeok Song took the top spot on the leaderboard along with professional golfers Lee Dong-min and Kim Bio.
| On the second day, Song Min-hyuk of the national team took the lead jointly. [사진= 대회 조직위] |
Song Min-hyeok (18, 3 Bibonggo) held the GS Caltex Maekyung Open (total prize of 1.2 billion won, prize money of 300 million won) co-hosted by the Korean Golf Association and Asian Tour held at Namseoul Country Club (par 71, 7047 yards) in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on the 6th. In the second round, he reduced 6 hits to 6 birdies and 1 bogey.
Min-hyeok Song, who finished the interim 5-under 66 strokes, took the lead (7-under 135 strokes) along with Lee Dong-min (37) and Kim Bio (32).
He caught a golf club at the age of 11, and it is his second year in the national team following serving in the standing army in 2019. He finished fourth at the Korea Amateur Golf Championships held here last year. There are only two amateur winners of this competition, which celebrated their 41st anniversary this year: Kim Joo-heon, a Korean-Japanese in 1982, and Seung-ryong Lee, a Korean-New Zealander in 2002.
In particular, Song Min-hyuk expressed his regret that he was not selected for the Asian national team. In the final selection, Song Min-hyuk finished second following Jo Woo-young (21). The Asian Games national team players Jo Woo-young and Jang Yu-bin (20), who participated in this event together, did not advance to the third round.
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| Lee Dong-min showed a bright expression. [사진= 대회 조직위] |
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| Bio Kim also showed a good flow. [사진= 대회 조직위] |
Bio Kim is the 5th winner of the KPGA, and Lee Dong-min recorded 2 wins in 7 years following the first win in 2014 at the Descente Korea Munsingwear Match Play on the KPGA Korean Tour last year.
Ji-ho Yang was in 4th place at 6-under, Min-cheol Choi in 6th place at 5-under par, and Joo-hyung Kim, Sang-hyun Park, and Hyeong-jun Lee in joint 7th at 4-under.
Choi Min-cheol, who suffered a left wrist injury last year, said, “I have a lot of dreams that I want to receive the grand prize.
Twenty-year-old Joo-hyung Kim, who rated the KPGA last season, said, “I have never played a national team before, so it would be great to represent Korea. I want to represent Korea in the Asian Games and Olympics.”
On the occasion of Children’s Day the day before, regarding 2,000 galleries watched the players at the venue, where 5,000 visitors visited.
