'Daese' Park Minji "7 Wins GO~ with 3 Consecutive Losses"

Daewoo Winia MBN Women's Open 'Title Defense', Oh Ji-hyun's 2nd Consecutive Win Challenge, 'Number 2' Park Hyun-kyung and Jang Ha-na Join

Park Min-ji challenges a three-peat at the Daewoo Winia MBN Women's Open.

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] The unstoppable Park Min-ji (23, NH Investment & Securities) is aiming for her third consecutive victory.

The battleground is the Daeyu Mongber Golf Club (Par 72, 6,551 yards) in Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, where the KLPGA Tour Daeyu Winia MBN Women's Open (total prize money 800 million KRW) will be held on the 13th. It is the promised land where she took the lead from the first day last year and successfully defended her title wire-to-wire. This year, the total prize money has increased by 100 million KRW. The winner will be decided over 54 holes of stroke play across three days. The winner's prize is 144 million KRW.

Park Min-ji is the player who earned full membership on the KLPGA Tour by winning the team event at the 2016 World Team Amateur Championship. She entered the tour in 2017 by ranking 8th in the qualifying tournament and immediately caused a sensation by winning the Samchully Together Open in April. She has consistently secured one win each year up to last year. This year is her prime. She has participated in 13 tournaments and swept up 6 wins, including one major. Her winning probability is an impressive 46%.

She ranks first in multiple wins, prize money (1,191,110,000 KRW), points for the Player of the Year (442 points), and average score (69.54 strokes). She is challenging the rare record of three consecutive wins at this tournament. Only four players have achieved three consecutive wins in a single KLPGA Tour event: the late Ku Ok-hee, Park Se-ri (44), Kang Soo-yeon (45), and Kim Hae-rim (32, Samchully). If she wins, she will surpass the domestic women's single-season highest prize money record of 1,333,090,000 KRW set by Park Sung-hyun (28) in 2016. The single-season most wins record of 9 wins by Shin Ji-ae (33) in 2007 is also within reach.

Oh Ji-hyun aims for a second consecutive win at the Daewoo Winia MBN Women's Open.

The revived Oh Ji-hyun (25, KB Financial Group) is on a march for her second consecutive win. She secured her 7th career victory after three years at the Jeju Samdasoo Masters on the 1st. "Now that I've broken the ice with a win, I want to get my second win as soon as possible," she said. Park Hyun-kyung (21, Korea Land & Housing Corporation), ranked second in prize money, and Jang Ha-na (29, BC Card), ranked third, are strong contenders for the title. Choi Hye-jin (22, Lotte) is aiming for her first win of the season, recalling the pleasant memory of winning as an amateur in 2017.

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