Baeseonwoo Defends Title at Ricoh Cup... What About Shin Jiae?
JLPGA Tour Final Ricoh Cup 2nd Consecutive Win Bid, Shin Ji-ae Aims for 3rd Victory, Lee Min-young Challenges for First Win Again
Baek Seon-woo challenges for a consecutive second victory at the final RICOH Cup Tour Championship.
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] It is Seonwoo Bae's (26) title defense match.
On the 26th, the final event of the 2020 season of the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA) Tour, the Ricoh Cup Tour Championship (total prize money 120 million yen), will kick off at Miyazaki Golf Club in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan (par 72, 6,543 yards). It is a fierce battleground. Forty players will compete over four days in a 72-hole stroke play format to determine the winner. The first prize is a whopping 30 million yen (320 million KRW). Bae Seonwoo recalls the memory of her second victory on the Japanese stage last year, when she shot 5-under par on the final day to win by 4 strokes.
This year, despite participating in only eight tournaments due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), she finished in the top 3 five times, including two runner-up finishes. She ranks 4th in average score (70.24), 11th in prize money (30,955,750 yen), and 12th in points for the overall title (464.33 points). She is relying on her 'stingy putting' ranked 8th in average putts per hole (1.78) and her 'piercing iron shots' with a green hit rate ranked 6th (75.11%). Last week, she tied for 23rd at the Elliere Ladies Open.
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Two-time champion Shin Ji-ae (32) aims for a spectacular finale. She collected trophies last month at the Fujitsu Ladies and on the 8th at the Toto Japan Classic. This marks her 26th career win and 6th in prize money this year (46,911,250 yen). It was unfortunate that she had to withdraw in the third round of the last tournament due to a wrist injury, missing the chance to become the first-ever money queen in Korea, Japan, and the United States. Lee Min-young (28, Hanwha Q CELLS), runner-up at Elliere, is challenging for her first win again. Prize money leader Yuka Saso (Philippines) and three-time champion Ayaka Furue (Japan) are also contenders for the title.
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