2023-10-01 23:19:57
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‘Laser Shot’ Yoo Hae-ran (22) injected new energy into Korean women’s golf, which had been slowing down in the LPGA tour. Yoo Hae-ran has been a promising star since her days in Korea, enjoying a buddy party with her laser-like high-sensitivity shots.
Yoo Hae-ran, who debuted on the LPGA tour this year, recorded her first win by reducing 5 strokes in the 3rd round on the last day of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship (total prize money: $2.3 million) on the 2nd, beating second place Linnea Strom (Sweden) by 3 strokes with a total of 19 under par 194 strokes. raised. With Yoo Hae-ran’s win, Korean women’s golf added its third win, following Ko Jin-young’s two wins at the HSBC Women’s World Championship (March) and the Cognizant Founders Cup (May). Yoo Hae-ran won the championship without losing the lead even once from the first round. Korean women’s golf, which had so far relied on the performance of ‘ace’ Ko Jin-young, has been equipped with new energy.
Yoo Hae-ran won a silver medal in the team event at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and debuted on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour in 2019, winning Rookie of the Year. Hae-ran Yoo, who has five career wins on the KLPGA Tour, advanced through her LPGA Qualifying Series last year as a senior and had five top-10 finishes before this event in her debut year.
Yoo Hae-ran, who has developed a sense of the game, won the ‘Wire to Wire’ championship in this competition by never losing the lead from start to finish with laser shots and calm game management.
On this day, in the third round of the tournament held at Pinnacle Country Club (par 71) in Rogers, Arkansas, USA, Yoo Hae-ran faltered, losing one stroke with one birdie and two bogeys in the first nine holes. He played without a bogey until the day before, but made a bogey on the 2nd hole (par 5) and the 5th hole (par 4). Until the middle of the game, Kim Se-young, Shin Ji-eun, and Strom took away or threatened the leading position. However, Yoo Hae-ran brought the trend by catching birdies in the 10th and 12th holes, then succeeding in 2-on in the 14th hole (par 5) and making a 1m eagle putt. Yoo Hae-ran, who was again in the lead by one stroke, succeeded in a difficult 4m birdie putt in the 16th hole (par 4), and then added a birdie with 2-on 2 putts in the final 18th hole (par 5) to put an end to the match. Yoo Hae-ran is likely to win the LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year award with this win. Yoo Hae-ran, who earned 150 Rookie of the Year points with this win, was ahead of Lotte Championship winner Grace Kim (Australia), who was in second place with 775 points, by 229 points. Kim Se-young and Shin Ji-eun tied for third place (15 under par, 198 strokes).
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