2024-06-10 03:43:06
Park Min-ji (26, NH Funding & Securities) grew to become the protagonist of recent historical past. She achieved the feat of turning into the primary participant within the historical past of the Korean Women Skilled Golf (KLPGA) Tour to win 4 consecutive wins in a single event.
Minji Park recorded 2 underneath par 70 strokes with 3 birdies and a bogey within the last third spherical of the KLPGA Tour Celltrion Queens Masters (complete prize cash 1.2 billion received) held at The Legend Course (par 72) in Seolhaewon, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do on the ninth.
Park Min-ji, who recorded a last complete of 13 underneath par 203 strokes, is 2 strokes behind the joint second place group, together with Lee Je-young (23, MG Saemaeul Geumgo), Jeon Ye-seong (23, Angang Development), and Choi Ye-rim (25, Daebo Development, 10 underneath par, 206 strokes). I used to be ostracized.
In consequence, Park Min-ji recorded a ‘wire-to-wire’ efficiency of not shedding the lead over the three days of this competitors, profitable the championship and attaining an amazing feat of profitable for the fourth time in a row. He has not missed the championship for 4 years from 2021 to this yr.
Beforehand, within the historical past of the KLPGA Tour, 5 folks, together with Koo Okay-hee, Pak Se-ri, Kang Soo-yeon, Kim Hae-rim, and Park Min-ji, achieved three consecutive wins, however there has by no means been a four-game shedding streak.
Park Min-ji has reached a peak that nobody has been in a position to obtain up to now.
The four-game shedding streak is a document that has solely been achieved twice on the LPGA Tour.
LPGA Corridor of Famer Laura Davis (USA) received the LPGA Tour Normal Register Ping from 1994 to 1997, and ‘Empress’ Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) received the Mizuno Basic for 5 consecutive years from 2001 to 2005. There’s a bar.
Park Min-ji, who established herself as a ‘pattern’ by sweeping 6 wins over the previous 2 years from 2021 and 2022, recorded 2 wins final yr and her upward pattern slowed down. This season was additionally stagnant, not having the ability to document a win till the center of the season, however Masugeol achieved victory by attaining a document in a contest that had many connections.
With this win, Minji Park recorded her nineteenth profession win and got here inside one win of setting the KLPGA Tour document of most wins (20 wins). The all-time chief is Koo Okay-hee and Shin Ji-ae with 20 wins.
As well as, Park Min-ji, who’s recording the very best prize cash in her profession, added 216 million received with this win, reaching 6.04878 billion received, exceeding 6 billion received for the primary time in historical past.
As well as, she is going to obtain a particular reward of 300 million received from Celltrion, the organizer of the competitors, and Park Min-ji will take dwelling 516 million received from this competitors alone.
It was determined to donate the complete prize cash. In a broadcast interview instantly after profitable, Park Min-ji mentioned, “I used to be going to donate the prize cash if I received 20 occasions, however I’m impatient,” and added, “I made a decision to donate the complete profitable prize to make my fourth consecutive win much more significant.”
Park Min-ji, who maintained a two-shot lead till the second spherical, calmly performed the sport within the third spherical.
In contrast to the earlier two days, I wasn’t in a position to shortly make birdies, however I completed the primary half with a secure ‘all par’ rating.
There was additionally a disaster. Minji Park made a bogey by recording 3 putts within the tenth gap (par 4), the primary gap of the second half. With this instance, Lee Je-young and others have been allowed to share the lead.
However the disaster didn’t final lengthy. On the eleventh gap (par 3), he positioned it 1.2 meters from the opening cup with a near-perfect tee shot, and made a birdie to return to the only real lead.
On the 14th gap (par 5), the match was nearly determined. Minji Park succeeded in a troublesome birdie putt from a distance of 6.7m, widening the hole with the second place group by two strokes.
Lee Je-young tried a protracted birdie putt on the seventeenth gap (par 4), however it went across the gap cup, and Jeon Ye-seong was additionally unable to shut the hole, successfully sealing Park Min-ji’s victory.
Minji Park, who closed essentially the most troublesome gap, the fifteenth gap (par 4), with a par, calmly maintained her variety of strokes within the remaining holes.
Minji Park efficiently made a par putt within the last 18th gap (par 5), confirming her victory and elevating her arms in pleasure.
Lee Je-young tried to show the tables on the ultimate day by hitting 5 underneath par, however was unable to cease Park Min-ji.
Jeon Ye-sung and Choi Ye-rim additionally completed the competitors in tied second place.
Shin Yu-jin (22, Yojin Development) and Hyun Se-rin (23, Daebang Development), who began the final spherical with Park Min-ji within the ‘Champion Group’, every scored solely even par and tied for fifth place with a last complete of 9 underneath par and 207 strokes.
Lee Ye-won (21, KB Monetary Group), who’s recording 3 wins this season, hit 5 underneath par on the final day, however was unable to make up for her poor efficiency within the second spherical (3 over par).
Lee Ye-won, whose last complete was 6 underneath par and 210 strokes, completed the event in a tie for thirteenth place together with Ahn Seon-ju (37, Nationwide Beef).
(Seoul = Information 1)
2024-06-10 03:43:06