Park Ji-young took the lead by one stroke at the KLPGA Tour Mediheal and Hankook Ilbo Championships (total prize money of 1 billion won), challenging to defend the title.
In the third day of the tournament held at the Ferrum Club (par 72, 6652 yards) in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do on the 15th in the rain, Park Ji-young reduced 3 strokes with 4 birdies and 1 bogey to reduce Park Min-ji and Park Hyun-kyung, who are tied for second place with a median total of 10 under par 206 strokes, by 1. ahead of other cars. The final round champion group consists of these Parks.
Park Ji-young, who was tied for the lead with Park Min-ji and Park Hyeon-kyung until the 17th hole, made a birdie on the par-5 hole 18 and reached the final round with a one-stroke lead. After the game, Park Ji-young said, “I played a lot with Park Min-ji and Park Hyun-kyung, and we have a lot of exchanges these days. It is fun and meaningful to play with players I am close with. I will play for fun,” she said.
Park Ji-young won the runner-up at the Lotte Rent-A-Car Women’s Open, the opening game in Korea held in Jeju Island last week, and is ranked first in both prize money (267.18 million won) and average number of strokes (69.6667 strokes). Park Ji-young has already won one win at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open, the opening game of the 2023 season held overseas in December. Therefore, if she succeeds in winning her second consecutive tournament in this tournament, she will be the first to reach the second win of the season.
Park Min-ji, who is trying to win the prize money title for the third time in a row, caught 4 birdies without a bogey that day, while Park Hyun-kyung reduced 2 strokes with 4 birdies and 2 bogeys to rise to a tie for second place. Park Min-ji said, “I was stressed because I didn’t like the feeling of the shot today. Still, it seems that the long putt went in a few times and continued the flow well.”
Lee Joo-mi, who took the lead in the second round, lost 1 stroke with 1 birdie and 2 bogeys, and tied for 4th place with rookie Min-byeol Kim with an average total of 8 under par 208 strokes. Kim Su-ji, who cut two strokes behind her,토토사이트 tied for 6th place with Jung Yun-ji and Kim Ji-su with an intermediate total of 7 under par and 209 strokes.