On the first day of Korea Women’s Professional Golf KLPGA NH Investment & Securities, Park Ji-young, the first in the prize money ranking, and Seo Hae-jin, who was in the second year, started jointly at the lead.
Park Ji-young shot a 6-under-par 66 in the first round of the tournament at the Suwon Country Club New Course in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, to put her name at the top of the leaderboard.
Park Ji-young, who caught only 6 birdies without bogeying her, kicked off her second win of the season following her season opener at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open held last December.메이저놀이터
As a rookie, Seo Jin-jin, who had to play the seed match again because he was not seeded the following year, which was given to 61st and 60th in the prize money ranking last year, also played a neat game, catching only 6 birdies.
She had a perfect short game and green play on accurate shots that only missed the green three times.
On this day, Seo Hae-jin only averaged 1.6 putts when hitting the green, and the total number of putts was only 27.
Two-winner Lim Jin-hee, rookie Ko Ji-won, and tour second-year Choi Ye-bon also reduced 6 strokes to join the lead.
Lee Da-yeon, winner of the KLPGA Championship, Choi Eun-woo, Jang Su-yeon, Son Ye-bin, Bae So-hyun, and Lee Je-young, who won their first ever win at the Nexen/Saint Nine Masters, followed with a 5 under par 67 strokes.
Defending champion Park Min-ji, who is aiming for 3 consecutive victories in a single tournament for the 5th time in KLPGA tour history, recorded 2 under par 70 strokes.