Inbee Park 2nd place 4th… World No. 1 Jin-young Ko was eliminated from the cut
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = ‘Major Queen’ Jeon In-ji (28) takes the lead in the second round of the AIG Women’s Open (total prize money of $7.3 million), the last major event of the LPGA Tour season. He continued his progress towards the ‘career grand slam’.
In the second round of the tournament held at Muirfield (par 71, 6,728 yards) in East Lodian, Scotland on the 5th (local time) on the 5th (local time), Jeon Inji caught 6 birdies and blocked one bogey to hit a 5-under 66.
Jeon In-ji, who was tied for 5th with a 3-under par in the first round the previous day, took the lead alone with a mid-total 8-under 134 shot.
It is one stroke behind tied second-placed Ashley Buhay (South Africa) and Madeleine Sachström (Sweden, 7-under-par 135).
The 66 is also the lowest in a single round of Jeon In-ji’s AIG Women’s Open career. The previous record was 67 in the 4th round in 2017 and the 3rd round in 2016.
If she wins this tournament, In-Jeon Jeon will increase her LPGA Tour winning streak to five, including two majors this year.
In particular, he has shown a strong side by winning three of the last four major tournaments, and if he wins this tournament, he will achieve a ‘career grand slam’.
There are currently five major women’s golf tournaments: Chevron Championship, US Women’s Open, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Evian Championship, and AIG Women’s Open.
Jeon In-ji won the US Open in 2015, the Evian Championship in 2016, and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June this year, and now she can complete a grand slam by winning the AIG Women’s Open or Chevron Championship.
On that day, Jeon Inji swapped the 5th hole (par 5) birdie and the 6th hole (par 4) bogey and was unable to reduce the number of strokes in the early days. He continued his momentum by thinning out a ‘stepping stone birdie’ every time.
On the 13th hole (par 3), a medium-distance putt stopped at the edge of the hole, and after a while it fell into the hole and pulled out a birdie that caused the gallery’s cheers and applause.
In-ji Jeon recorded only 26 putts from the previous day and used it as a stepping stone for a good performance.
He said, “It was windy today, but the wind in Scotland is a big reason I love this place. (No. 13) The ball was on the edge of the hole and fell because of the wind,” he said. I am able to do it. I will greet the weekend with love for the wind.”
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In the top 10, Park In-bi (34) was named in addition to Jeon In-bi as a Korean player.
Park In-bee, the winner of this competition in 2015, cut four strokes in the second round and recorded a mid-total 6-under 136, finishing fourth behind In-Jeon Jeon by two strokes.
Inbee Park, who lost cuts in a row at the Evian Championship last month and the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open last week, is also in a position to challenge for the title this week.
Kim Hyo-joo (27), Lee Jeong-eun (26), and Choi Hye-jin (23) finished the second round in a tie for 11th by hitting 3-under 139 over two days.
Park Seong-hyeon (29) and Kim A-rim (27) are tied for 26th (1 under par 141) with Lydia Ko (New Zealand), and Yu So-yeon (32) and Ji Eun-hee (36) are tied for 35th (even par 142).
Anna Lin (26) is tied for 42nd (1 over par 143), Kim Se-young (29) is tied for 49th (2 over par 144), and Kim In-kyung (34) is tied for 60th (3 over par 145).
The 3-over par was the cut standard, and 12 out of 18 Korean players passed.
World No. 1 Jin-young Ko (27) hit an even-par that day and missed the cut with a total of 147 5-over par 147 shots for two days.
It is the first time Jin-young Ko has been eliminated from the cut in the LPGA Tour this year, and it is the first time in a year and five months since the Drive-On Championship in March of last year.
Lee Min-ji (Australia), 2nd in the world ranking, passed the cut with a tie for 7th (4 under par 138).
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