Jinyoung Ko, the under-par march ends after 8 months… 74 on the first day of the Chevron Championship

Jinyoung Ko (27)’s under-par streak stopped in round 34.

Jinyoung Ko shot a 2-over par 74 in the first round of the Chevron Championship (total prize money of $5 million) held at the Mission Hills Country Club (par 72) in Rancho Mirage, California on the 1st (Korean time) on the 1st (Korean time). hit

Jinyoung Ko continued the under-par round for 33 rounds from the 4th round of the Evian Championship in July last year to the 4th round of the JTBC Classic on the 27th of last month. 33 consecutive rounds of under par is an LPGA Tour record.

It is the first time in 8 months since Jin-young Ko recorded an over-par score after hitting 76 in the third round of the Evian Championship in July of last year.

Jinyoung Ko, who started the game on the 10th hole, blocked 9 holes with par and bogeyed on the 1st hole (par 4) and the 8th hole (par 3). Buddy didn’t catch any.

His shot was not bad with a hit rate of 77.8% on the green, but he struggled on the green. The number of putts reached 34.

Jinyoung Ko said, “The shot was good, but the putt was bad. I couldn’t understand the slope and speed of the green properly.” “The green speed was a little slow.”

“I don’t even know what’s going on,” Ko Jin-young said, adding, “It’s okay though. I want to take a break.”

Lee Min-ji (Australia) took the lead jointly with Jennifer Cupcho (USA) with a 6-under 66 shot, and Kim Se-young (29), Kim Hyo-joo (27), and Kim A-rim (27) laid a foothold for entering the upper ranks with 2 under par.

Hyejin Choi (23) hit an even par 72.

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