High One Queen for the Second Consecutive Year
For Han Jin-seon, 26
the Hi-One Country Club is a place of special significance.
Last year
six years after his professional debut
he gave him the joy of winning his first title in his 131st tournament.
Han Jin-sun once again made special memories on the 20th at Haiwon Country Club (par 72) in Jeongseon-gun
Gangwon-do.
Han
who entered the final four rounds tied for third place
two strokes behind the leader
shot a 7-under-par 65 to win with a total of 14-under-par 275 after stringing together two eagles and three birdies on the day.
The 14-under-par score is a new record set by Lim Hee-jung in 2019
breaking the record for the lowest score in this tournament (13-under-par) by one stroke. 토토사이트
It is the second time that a successful title defense has been made at this tournament after Lim Hee-jung in 2019 and 2021 (the 2020 tournament was not held due to the spread of COVID-19)
and the third time Han Jin-sun has won two consecutive titles
including Yoo So-yeon (2009 and 2015).
It was only the third time in history that he had won the final round of the KLPGA Tour with two or more eagles.
At the 2013 Hanwha Classic
Kim Se-young scored an eagle on the ninth hole and a hole-in-one on the 17th hole
and at the 2017 Chojeong Carbonated Water Yongpyeong Resort Open
Choi Hye-jin won with eagles on both the fifth and 16th holes (par 4).
Two miraculous shot eagles on the seventh (par-4) and 11th (par-5) holes clinched the match.
Han Jin-seon
who had been making par until the fifth hole
changed the mood by making his first birdie of the day on the sixth hole (par-3).
On the seventh hole (par 4)
he made a comfortable eagle when his ball from 161 yards was sucked into the hole
dropping two more strokes in an instant.
Han Jin-seon, who was the first to take the lead at 10-under-par
dropped one stroke on the 10th hole (par-4) and then made another picturesque shot eagle on the 11th (par-5).
The distance to the hole was about 99 yards
and his third shot was sucked straight into the hole
marking his second shot eagle of the day after the seventh hole.
Han Jin-seon
who cut his score to 13-under-par in an instant and took a four-shot lead
continued his tight play by hitting his tee shot short on the 14th hole (par 3) and making a difficult par putt from about 2.5 meters away.
On the contrary
the chasers lost a stroke and Han Jin-sun was more relaxed and headed for the championship for the second consecutive year.
Im Jin-hee
who was trailing by four strokes, made a bogey on the 14th hole and gave Hanjeon a five-shot lead.
He added a birdie on the 16th hole (par 4) to take a six-shot lead and effectively wedge in the championship.
After that
Han Jin-seon
who closed all the remaining holes with pars
secured the No. 1 position and succeeded in winning his second career title.
Han Jin-sun was a shooter until he learned to play golf in the second grade of junior high school.
Within three months of his entry
he was so talented that he went to the national championship and finished second.
Thanks to its unusual history
it is preceded by the modifier “sniper”.
After winning
Han Jin-sun said
After the second eagle came out
I thought
This is my golf course
adding
I’ve said before that it’s my favorite golf course
but I think I made a confirmation shot again
revealing that he has a special connection with Hi-One Country Club.
I’ve been running really hard until today, but today I had two eagles
so it was a very lucky day
he said
adding
I want to win all the remaining races, but the Height Career Championship
which I narrowly missed out on last year
is the most greedy.
In the long run
I want to achieve 10 wins.
Han Jin-sun
who lifted the trophy again for the first time in a year
added 144 million won in prize money and jumped 15 spots from 29th to 14th (349,800,130 won) in the prize money ranking.
His highest personal ranking is 17th (441,203,333 won) recorded last year.
Im Jin-hee (25)
who was trying for his third win of the season
made a bogey on the final 18th hole (par-4) to finish tied for second place (8-under-par 280) with Lee So-mi
Mada Som and Lee Ga-young
while Park Min-ji finished tied for sixth place (7-under-par 281) with Park Do-young and Kim So-yi.