Park Seong-hyun, Hite Jinro’s first day 2 under par ‘expectation for resurrection’… Leader Park Joo-young

(Yeoju = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi In-young = Park Seong-hyeon (28) raised expectations for a revival on the first day of the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour, which she participated in for the first time in a year and five months.

Park Seong-hyun took 3 birdies and 1 bogey in the first round of the 21st Hite Jinro Championship (1 billion won in total prize money) of the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour held at Blue Heron Golf Club (par 72, 6,736 yards) in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province on the 7th. and hit a 2-under 70.

The Hite Jinro Championship is the last major tournament of the season, with a prize money of 180 million won at stake.

Park Seong-hyeon, who participated in this tournament as a recommended player, arrived from the United States two days ago and played the game stably even though he was tired.

The ranking is tied for 13th, 3 strokes behind solo leader Park Joo-young (31, 5-under-par 67).

Park Seong-hyun completed 10 wins on the KLPGA Tour, swept 7 victories in 2016, and advanced to the U.S. Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) tour in 2017.

However, after winning his seventh win on the LPGA Tour at the 2019 Walmart Arkansas Championship, he suffered a shoulder injury at the end of that year and has been in a slump and has not been able to win additional wins.

Park Seong-hyun, who visited the KLPGA tour for the first time in a year and five months since the KLPGA Championship in May of last year, said at a press conference the day before, “(recently) performance is rising, I hope that ‘potential’ will explode in this tournament.”

On the second hole (par 3), Park Seong-hyun, who made his first birdie by putting a 1.2m putt, unfortunately missed the eagle on the 9th hole (par 4).

The second shot, with 102.6 yards left, went into and out of the hole. However, Park Sung-hyun finished well with a birdie.

Park Seong-hyeon, who wrote his first bogey on the 10th hole (par 5), smiled relievedly by successfully making a par putt reaching 11.5m on the 11th hole (par 3).

After that, he missed a birdie opportunity, but Park Seong-hyun, who kept his at-bats well, finished the last 18th hole (par 5) with a birdie pleasantly.

Joo-Young Park took the lead by tying six birdies and one bogey to hit 5-under 67.

Park Joo-young, who had her first win in 11 years after her debut in 2010, is also challenging the record for the first win in the most appearances on the KLPGA tour.

The current record holder is Ahn Song-i (31), who first won the ADT Caps Championship, the 236th competition in 2019. For Park Joo-young, this is her 245th competition.

Park Joo-young said, “This is a tournament I really like. It’s a major tournament, the course atmosphere is good, and it’s also the tournament that my sister won.” “Before starting golf, I have memories of having a gallery here, so I really enjoyed this tournament. good,” he said.

Park Joo-young’s older sister, Park Hee-young (34), won the tournament as an amateur in 2004.

Five players, including Min-seon Kim (26) and Su-ji Kim (25), tied for second place with a 4-under-par 68.

Hana Jang (29), who ranked first in average batting average this season and second in points, tied for 7th with a 3-under par 69.

Park Min-ji (23), who swept 6 wins in the season and took the top spot in the target points, is chasing at a tie for 21st with a 1-under-par 71 stroke.

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