2024-06-09 23:55:05
Park Min-ji (26, NH Funding Improve) gained the trophy on the KLPGA Tour Celltrion Queen’s Masters, turning into the primary participant within the historical past of the Korea Girls Skilled Golf (KLPGA) Tour to win 4 consecutive tournaments in a single event.
Minji Park recorded 2 below par 70 strokes with 3 birdies and a bogey within the ultimate third spherical of the KLPGA Tour Celltrion Queens Masters (whole prize cash 1.2 billion gained) held at The Legend Course (par 72) in Seolhaewon, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do on the ninth.
Park Min-ji, who recorded a ultimate whole of 13 below par 203 strokes, is 3 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 below par, 206 strokes). I used to be ostracized.
Because of this, 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 reaching 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 top that nobody has been capable of obtain up to now.
The four-game shedding streak is a report that has solely been achieved twice on the LPGA Tour.
LPGA Corridor of Famer Laura Davis (USA) gained the LPGA Tour Normal Register Ping from 1994 to 1997, and ‘Empress’ Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) gained the Mizuno Traditional 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 report a win till the center of the season, however Masugeol achieved victory by reaching a report 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 report 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 best prize cash in her profession, added 216 million gained with this win, reaching 6.04878 billion gained, exceeding 6 billion gained for the primary time in historical past.
As well as, she’s going to obtain a particular reward of 300 million gained from Celltrion, the organizer of the competitors, and Park Min-ji will take dwelling 516 million gained from this competitors alone.
Of this prize cash, 216 million gained, excluding prize cash, was determined to be donated. In a broadcast interview instantly after profitable, Park Min-ji mentioned, “I used to be going to donate the prize cash if I gained 20 instances, however I’m impatient,” and added, “I made a decision to donate your 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.
Not like the earlier two days, I wasn’t capable of 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 had 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 outlet cup with a near-perfect tee shot, and made a birdie to return to the only lead.
On the 14th gap (par 5), the match was just about determined. Minji Park succeeded in a tough 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 tough gap, the fifteenth gap (par 4), with a par, calmly maintained her variety of strokes within the remaining holes.
Minji Park efficiently made a birdie putt within the ultimate 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 below 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 ultimate whole of 9 below par and 207 strokes.
Lee Ye-won (21, KB Monetary Group), who’s recording 3 wins this season, hit 5 below 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 ultimate whole was 6 below par and 210 strokes, completed the event in a tie for thirteenth place together with Ahn Seon-ju (37, Nationwide Beef).
Reporter Kim Gained-geun picture supplied by KLPGA
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2024-06-09 23:55:05