"Hole-in-One" An Song-yi Leads by One Stroke... Choi Hye-jin and Kim Woo-jung Tied for Second Place

SK TelecomㆍADT Caps Championship First Day 7-Under Par Surge, Kim Hyo-joo, An Na-rin, and Jang Ha-na Tied for 17th Place

Ahn Song-yi is teeing off at the 2nd hole on the first day of the SK Telecom·ADT Caps Championship. Photo by KLPGA

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] Defending champion An Song-i (30, KB Financial Group) is on her way to a second consecutive victory.

On the 13th, at the Old Course of La Vie Belle Golf Club in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province (par 72, 6,747 yards), the first day of the 2020 KLPGA Tour final event, the SK Telecom·ADT Caps Championship (total prize money 1 billion KRW), she shot 7 under par to top the leaderboard. Choi Hye-jin (21, Lotte), the No. 1 in the overall ranking, and Kim Woo-jung (22) are tied for 2nd place (6 under par, 66 strokes), Kim Ji-soo (26) is 4th (5 under par, 67 strokes), and rookie No. 1 Yoo Hae-ran (19, SK Networks) along with four others are tied for 5th place (4 under par, 68 strokes).

An Song-i recorded one eagle and five birdies. She reduced four strokes in the front nine with a birdie on the 6th hole (par 4), a hole-in-one on the 7th hole (par 3), and a birdie on the 8th hole (par 4). In the back nine, she added birdies on the 10th and 12th holes as stepping-stone birdies, followed by another birdie on the 15th hole (par 5). Last year, she won this tournament for the first time in her career, and on this day, her lucky hole-in-one earned her a Mercedes-Benz E250 car worth 64 million KRW. This is her second win of the season and the third overall since her victory at the Phantom Classic in September.

Choi Hye-jin laid the groundwork for her first victory with eight birdies and two bogeys. Kim Hyo-joo (25, Lotte), who ranks first in prize money and average score, shot 2 under par to tie for 17th place. Anna Lin (24, Munyoung Group), second in prize money, and Jang Ha-na (28, BC Card), fourth in prize money, joined this group. Park Min-ji (22, NH Investment & Securities), third in prize money, is tied for 27th place (1 under par, 71 strokes), eyeing a rise to the top ranks. Two-time champion Park Hyun-kyung (20, Korea Land & Trust) is tied for 38th place (even par, 72 strokes).

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