Choi Hye-jin, Shin Ji-ae, etc. 19-year-old Titikun, first competition after jumping to the top of the world
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Korean players will take on the challenge of winning an LPGA Tour event held in Japan for the first time in three years.
The LPGA Tour, which took a week off from the BMW Women’s Championship in Wonju, Gangwon-do, Korea until the 23rd of last month, was held on the Theta Golf Course (par 72, 6,616 yards) in Shiga, Japan for 4 days from the 3 to the Toto Japan Classic (total prize money of 2 million. dollars) i
The Toto Japan Classic has been held exclusively on the Japan Women’s Professional Golf tour (JLPGA) following the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) since 2019, but returned to co-host the LPGA Tour and the JLPGA Tour after three years.
A total of 78 players, including 42 from the LPGA Tour and 36 from the JLPGA Tour, will compete for the championship.
A total of 10 Korean players will participate, including 5 from the LPGA Tour and 5 from the JLPGA Tour.
On the LPGA Tour, Hyejin Choi (23), Jeongeun Lee (26), Anna Lin (26), Jieun Shin (30), Woonjeong Choi (32), and JLPGA Tour players Jiae Shin (34), Bae Seonwoo (28), and Lee Minyoung (30) ), Jeon Mi-jeong (40), and Hwang Ah-reum (35) to the roster.
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In particular, Shin Ji-ae has a relationship with winning this competition in 2008 and 2010 (then known as the Mizuno Classic). In 2020, when the JLPGA tour was held exclusively, he also climbed to the top.
The Korean players, led by Choi Hye-jin, who finished third in the BMW Women’s Championship, are aiming to ‘Escape’ the LPGA Tour event.
Korean players have not been able to deliver 13 consecutive championships on the LPGA Tour since Jeon In-ji (28) of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June.
The nation with the most wins this season has already lost to the United States (8 wins), with only three remaining.
However, in the latest world rankings, competitors including 19-year-old Ataya Titikun (Thailand), who defeated Ko Jin-young (27) and came first, are not formidable.
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After Lydia Ko (New Zealand), who won the world ranking for the first time in 17 years and 9 months in 2015, will the tee player who became the number 1 player in under-20 women’s golf for the second time in history continue to be the biggest spectator point of this tournament.
Titikun, who made her debut on the LPGA Tour this season and has won two, will play her first tournament after taking on the world No.
Lee Min-ji (Australia), who took first place in prize money this season and second in points for player of the year, Nasa Hataoka, a Japanese powerhouse who lifted the trophy on the LPGA Tour this year, and Ayaka Furue is also players who can challenge for the championship.
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