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Dabin Heo, without a win, leads the 1R of SK networks and Seogyeong competition… Lim Hee-jung 18th

Kim Hyo-joo and Choi Hye-jin also tied for 18th place… ‘Season 6 wins’ Park Min-ji, 3-over par 69th

Dabin Huh

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Heo Da-bin (23), who has been in the 5th year of the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour, took the lead on the first day of the SK Networks and Seoul Economy Ladies Classic (total prize money of 800 million won) and started to challenge for the first win. .

Dabin Heo took the lead in the first round of the tournament held at the Pinx Golf Club (par 72, 6,686 yards) in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, on the 28th, pulling out 7 birdies and blocking one bogey, hitting 6 under par 66 to take the lead.

Dabin Huh, who has played on the KLPGA Tour since 2017, has yet to win a championship. A three-time runner-up is the best result.

This year alone, they were runners-up twice at the Evercollagen Queen’s Crown in July and the High1 Resort Women’s Open in August, but another opportunity has come at the end of the season.

Dabin Heo, who started the game on the 1st hole, started by putting a 4m birdie putt on the 3rd hole (par 4) and then went on a birdie streak for 4 consecutive holes.

The only bogey was made on the 7th hole (par 4), but on the next hole (par 4), the second shot was made about 2.7 meters into the hole, changing the mood to a birdie.

In the second half, he added birdies on the 12th hole (par 4) and 17th hole (par 3) without bogey to top the leaderboard.

Dabin Huh said, “Personally, I like to play in Jeju Island and Yangjanji. I like the Pinx Golf Club the most, and the course setting and condition were good, so the results were excellent.” did.

He said, “I try not to be greedy for winning, but when I think of the word victory, I often feel like I am in a state of disappointment,” he said.

Na Hee-won (27) came in second with a 5-under 67 shot, while Yoo Hae-ran (20) and Lee So-mi (22) were tied for fourth place (4-under-par 68), two shots behind the lead.

Lim Hee-jung
Lim Hee-jung

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At the BMW Ladies Championship on the LPGA Tour held in Busan last week, Lim Hee-jeong (21), who finished runner-up after overtime against Jin-young Ko (26), finished the first round with a 1-under par 71 shot and tied for 18th.

Hee-jeong Lim, who started on the 1st hole and wrote down the par and wrote a bogey on the 11th hole (par 4), dropped a birdie putt of over 13m on the 12th hole (par 4) and about 5m birdie putt on the next hole (par 4). He succeeded, but after that he could not reduce the number of strokes further.

Choi Hye-jin (22), Kim Hyo-joo (26), and Park Hyun-kyung (21) were also tied for 18th, and Jang Hana (29) was tied for 35th (even par 72).

Park Min-ji (23), who took the top spot in the grand prize and prize money categories with six wins this season, tied for 69th with a 3-over par 75.

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