By the first baptism of victory
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Seo Yeon-jung is congratulated by her teammates after winning the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour’s KG Ladies Open in a playoff with Noh Seung-hee on Wednesday at Suning Point Country Club in Yongin, South Korea. Seo, a 10-year veteran of the tour, won her first title in her 260th career start, 스포츠토토 the most in tour history.
Seo Yeon-jeong, 28, a 10-year veteran of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour, has won her first title after 259 tournaments and 260 starts.
Seo carded five birdies and a double bogey for a three-stroke total of 14-under-par 202 in the third and final round of the KLPGA Tour’s KG Ladies Open at the par-72 Sunny Point Country Club in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. Seo, who tied with fellow Korean Seung Hee Noh (22) of Yojin Construction Industries, won the first extension on the 18th hole (par-5) to take home KRW144 million.
It was Seo’s first victory in more tournaments than any other player in tour history. Since making her full-time tour debut in 2014, Seo has been unable to break through to the winner’s circle, finishing runner-up five times. Seo, who also tied for second at the E1 Charity Open in May, won her 260th career event. She played 23 more tournaments than Ahn Song-i (33), who reached the top after 237 tournaments at the ADT Caps Championship in November 2019.
In the first overtime, the second shot decided the match. Seo stayed in the fairway to put her third shot on the green, while Noh Seung-hee sent his into the rough to the right of the cart path and ended up in the rough in front of the green. Seo sent her birdie putt to the front of the hole to save par, while Noh shook her head as she missed a par putt from about 2.5 meters. Noh, who was looking for her first win in her 97th Tour event, had to settle for a career-best runner-up finish.
“I’m so happy to win in my 10th year, 토토 but it doesn’t feel real. It’s great to share the joy of my first win with my parents,” said Seo. Seo, who joined the tour with world No. 3 Jin Young Ko (28), said, “I was always saying that I was going to quit golf. I thought I would only play until next year and then stop,” she said. “Now that I’ve gotten over the hump of one win, I’ll work harder to win two or three.”
Seo made headlines in 2012 when she refused to accept a Bentley car for a hole-in-one at the Hanwha Financial Classic, claiming she was an amateur. At the time, organizer Hanwha Financial offered to give her a car worth 270 million won, saying that “a hole-in-one is not the same as a prize,” but she refused, saying it was “against the spirit of amateurism. “There are still people who call me ‘Bentley,'” she said, adding, “This win is better than the hole-in-one.” She smiled broadly.
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The tournament has produced a Tour first-time winner six times in a row. Kim Ji-hyun in 2017, Chung Seul-ki in 2018, Park Seo-jin in 2019, Kim Soo-ji in 2021, Hwang Jung-mi in 2022, and now Seo Yeon-jung have all earned their first victories here. The tournament was not held in 2020 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus.
On the same day, at the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour LX Championship at The Heaven Country Club (Par 72) in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, Kim Biao (33) won in a two-stroke playoff for his ninth tour victory. Kim made a dramatic eagle on the 18th (par-5) hole of the final four rounds, holing his second shot about 210 meters into the green for a final total of 21-under-par 267 to join Hwang Joong-gon (31) in a playoff. Kim made par on the 18th hole in the second extension to beat Hwang, who bogeyed after dropping his tee shot into the OB area. 스포츠토토링크 It was Kim’s first victory since the SK Telecom Open in June last year and he took home 120 million won.