‘Little Giant’ Seungyeon Lee, KLPGA Tour SK Networks·Seoul Economy 2R ‘Storm Hit’ Leading… Kim Hyo-joo joins the championship competition

‘Little Giant’ Lee Seung-yeon (23) started winning the sponsored competition after 2 years and 6 months.

Seungyeon Lee took the lead in the second day of the SK Networks and Seoul Economy Ladies Classic (total prize money of 800 million won) on the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour.

Seungyeon Lee won 7 birdies without bogey in the 2nd round of the tournament held at the Pinx Golf Club (par 72 par 72, 1-2R 6686, 3-4R 6707 yards) in Seogwipo City, Jeju Island on the 29th.
He reduced 7 strokes to ‘zero-defect play’ and scored a total of 9-under 135, beating the leader Dabin Heo (23) by two strokes the previous day.

Seungyeon Lee has not won a championship since she won her first championship at the Nexen and St. Nine Masters in the 2019 rookie season.

Seungyeon Lee said, “I couldn’t attend the BMW Ladies Championship last week due to poor performance this season, but the sponsors of this tournament gave me consideration so I was able to come down to Jeju Island in advance for a practice round. said. Seungyeon Lee continued, “It’s not an easy course, but I was lucky enough to score a good score.” “I was very nervous while playing today knowing that I was in the top spot. Before, I thought to myself ‘Don’t tremble’, now I’m trembling anyway. The remaining 36 holes We will naturally accept the situation,” he added.

Park Ji-young (25), Lee So-young (24), and Choi Hye-yong (31) tied for third with a 6-under 138 stroke.

In the second round, Kim Hyo-joo (26) raised the rank and joined the competition for the championship. This season, she won 1 win on the US Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour and 1 win on the Korean Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour.
Kim Hyo-joo reduced four strokes to six birdies and two bogeys that day, and jumped from tied 18th place the previous day to tied 6th with 5 under par 139, along with Somi Lee (22). Kim Hyo-joo was the runner-up in this competition last year. Kim Hyo-joo did not return to the LPGA Tour due to Corona 19 last year, but played an active part on the KLPGA Tour and won the prize money.

Kim Hyo-joo said, “The wind is not consistent today, so many players must have been confused.”

At the LPGA Tour BMW Ladies Championship held in Busan last week, Jin-young Ko (26) and Lim Hee-jeong (21), who finished runners-up after overtime, reduced two strokes and ranked tied for 16th with a total of 3-under par 141.

Min-ji Park (23), who has won 6 victories this season and is running 1st in the grand prize and prize rankings, barely passed the cut with a tie for 60th with a total of 147 3-over pars and was far from the championship.

SBS Golf will broadcast live round 3 from 12 noon on the 30th.

Seongchan Ahn, Global Economy Waiter golfahn58@g-enews.com