The defending champion and the strongest golfer in Korea are also absent. Who will be the new hero of the 10th Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour Nexen Saint Nine Masters?
The 5th tournament of the KLPGA tour season, the Nexen Saint Nine Masters (total prize money of 800 million won), will be held at the Gaya Country Club (par 72, 6818 yards) in Gimhae, Gyeongnam for three days from the 21st.
Established as the largest golf tournament in the Busan-Gyeongnam region, this tournament is famous for attracting around 20,000 Gureom Gallery every year.
This tournament is more famous because prominent star players such as Ko Jin-young (28, Solaire), Park Seong-hyun (30, Solaire), Park Min-ji (25, NH Investment & Securities), and Yoo Hae-ran (22, Daol Financial Group) are on the list of winners. .
There is no ‘defending champion’ in this year’s tournament. This is because Yoo Hae-ran, who won the tournament last year, was away while advancing to the stage of the LPGA Tour. Yoo Hae-ran will compete in the Chevron Championship, the first major event of the LPGA Tour season this week.
Park Min-ji, who has swept the domestic stage for the past two years and is also the champion of this tournament in 2021, does not appear. Park Min-ji, who finished third at the Mediheal and Hankook Ilbo Championships last week, taking a break for a week. It is a paving stone to ‘take a breath’ ahead of the KLPGA Championship next week.
While it is difficult to easily predict the direction of the championship, Park Ji-young (27, Korea Land Trust) and Park Hyeon-kyung (23, Korea Land Trust), who have been showing the most steady performance recently, are considered candidates.
Park Ji-young won the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open, the KLPGA Tour’s new season opener held in December last year, and finished runner-up at the Lotte Rent-A-Car Women’s Open, the domestic opening event held earlier this month.
Park Ji-young, who continued her momentum by taking the lead until the third round at last week’s Mediheal Hankook Ilbo Championships, is aiming for her first multiple wins of the season.
Park Hyun-kyung, who recorded only ‘Top 10’ three times out of the four competitions she participated in this season, cannot be left out. In particular, Park Hyun-kyung is showing off her steadiness by passing the cut in 51 consecutive competitions, from the Celltrion Queens Masters in June 2021 to the Mediheal Hankook Ilbo Championship last week.
Park Hyun-kyung said, “Both shots and putts are good, and since it is early in the season, I have enough stamina, so I will focus on improving my condition rather than records.” I will give it to you,” he promised.
Lee Joo-mi (28, Golden Blue), who tasted victory at the Mediheal Hankook Ilbo Championship last week after participating in 148 regular tours, aims to win the championship for two weeks in a row in a tournament near her hometown of Busan.
Lee Joo-mi said, “I came down to my hometown for this tournament, and after receiving many congratulations, I realized that I won.”
‘Super rookie’ Kim Min-byeol (19, Hite Jinro), who swallowed regret for her last hole bogey while competing for the championship with Lee Joo-mi, also re-challenges.
Kim Min-byeol,토스카지노 who is currently ranked 1st in rookie points, said, “It was a heartbreaking mistake to miss a short par putt in the last hole of the last tournament, but I learned a good lesson to focus until the end.” I will come,” he said.
In addition, Lee So-young (26, Lotte), the winner of this competition in 2018, placed second in the last two weeks,
In addition, the participation of sisters Aromi Kim (25) and Saeromi Kim (25), the ‘twin golfers’, is attracting attention. Those who are sponsored by the organizer, the Nexen Group, are determined to do well in the sponsored competition.