[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Han Jin-sun took the lead on the first day.
Jinseon Han (24, Kakao VX) scored +17 points with 9 birdies and 1 bogey on the first day of the Dongbu Construction-Korea Land Trust Championship (total prize money of 1 billion won), a new KLPGA competition held at Iksan CC (6569 yards) in Jeollabuk-do on the 14th. took the lead by two points.
| Han Jin-sun seized the chance to win the first championship in five years in the first competition. [사진= KLPGA] |
This competition is held in a ‘transformed stableford’ format. The player who accumulates the most points over four days with 8 albatross, 5 eagle, 2 birdie, 0 par, -1 bogey, and -3 more than double bogey points wins.
Jinsun Han, who is in his fifth year in the KLPGA, has yet to win his first win. The best result so far is the 2nd runner-up in 2018, the debut season.
Ha Min-song (25) scored 15 points with 8 birdies and 1 bogie, and Hee-jung Lim, So-young Lee, and Jeong-min Lee formed a joint third group with 14 points.
Jinsun Han wanted to catch as many birdies as possible rather than thinking, “I need to score a lot.” After hitting a few holes, my body gradually relaxed, and as the feeling of the shot improved, I developed an aggressive play. I hit it, but most of it went in.”
He added, “My goal is to become the first champion of this tournament. I have had one or two chances to win every year, but this time I want to not miss it.”
Lim Hee-jung said, “Last week’s tournament was unfortunately over and I’m full of thoughts of winning now. I hope that I can achieve good results as it is a sponsored event.”
Jo A-yeon and Lee Chae-eun were tied for 6th (13 points), and Anna Lin and Hyo-joo were tied for 8th (12 points).
Hyejin Choi and Jinhee Lim tied for 11th (11 points), Gaeun Song and Yerim Choi tied for 16th (10 points), and Susie Kim, who won her first major and two career victories last week, tied for 33rd with Sohyun Bae and Jaehee Kim (8 points). recorded
‘Season 6 winner’ Park Min-ji and ‘season’s first major winner’ Park Hyun-kyung took their breath in a joint 51st place (6 over par).
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