2024-07-19 13:55:57
On top of the Scottish Junior Open
Lee Hyo-song, shows off overwhelming skills with 8 strokes difference
Sunghyun Ahn, birdie march to comeback win
National golf team members Lee Hyo-song (16, Masan Jeil Girls’ High School, 1st year) and Ahn Sung-hyun (15, Bibong Middle School, 3rd year) lifted the Junior Open Championship trophy together. This is the first time that a Korean player has won the tournament held by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club (R&A), which also hosts major tournaments such as the Open (British Open) of the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour.
Lee Hyo-song shot an even par with 3 birdies and 3 bogeys in the final 3rd round of the women’s tournament held at Barash Links (par 72) in South Ayrshire, Scotland on the 18th, and won with a final total of 9-under 207. Despite not being able to reduce the number of strokes on the final day, she beat 2nd place Anna Iwanaga (15, Japan) by 8 strokes. The skill gap was so overwhelming that the tournament homepage introduced it as “The focus is not on whether Lee Hyo-song will win, but on what score she will win with.” Lee Hyo-song is the player who set a new record (15 years and 176 days) as the youngest winner in the history of the JLPGA Tour at the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, a major tournament held in May.
Ahn Sung-hyun also took the top spot with a final total of 6-under 210, reducing 4 strokes with 8 birdies and 4 bogeys in the final 3rd round of the men’s division held at the same location on the same day. He was 4 strokes behind 2nd place Cooper Moore (16, New Zealand). Ahn Sung-hyun, who started the game in 2nd place, 1 stroke behind the leader, reduced 3 strokes in the first half alone, starting a comeback victory. Ahn Sung-hyun is a promising prospect for Korean golf, having set the record of the youngest national representative by wearing the Taegeuk mark at the age of 13 in 2022, when he was in his first year of middle school.
This tournament, which was launched in 1994 and has been hosted by the R&A since 2000, is open to players aged 12 to 16. A total of 120 players, 60 men and 60 women, participate, and each country can send one man and one woman. The tournament is held every two years and is held on a course near the Open Championship.
Lee Hyo-song said, “I wanted to win because it was a tournament where the world’s best juniors gathered. I’m happy to win for Korea.” Ahn Sung-hyun said, “It’s my first time playing on a links course (by the beach), and it means a lot to win.” After the tournament, the two players went to Royal Troon Golf Club, the Open course, to watch the first round.
Reporter Kang Hong-gu [email protected]
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