Lim Hee-jeong "Leaps to Lead with 7 Under Par"... Park Min-ji '3 Shots Behind in 6th Place'
Last Major Hite Jinro Championship Day 2: Kim Minseon5 Tied for Lead, Lee Somi and Park Jooyoung Tied for 3rd, Jang Hana Tied for 7th
Lim Hee-jeong is reading the putting line on the 16th hole on the second day of the Hite Jinro Championship. Photo by KLPGA
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] It is the leap to the lead by ‘High1 Resort Champ’ Lim Hee-jeong (21, Korea Land Trust).
On the 8th, at Blue Heron Golf Club in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province (par 72, 6,736 yards), during the second day of the final major of the 2021 KLPGA Tour season, the Hite Jinro Championship (total prize money 1 billion KRW), she surged with a 7-under-par round to top the leaderboard at 8-under-par 136 strokes. Kim Min-seon 5 (26, Korea Land Trust) is tied for first place, while ‘2-win champ’ Lee So-mi (22, SBI Savings Bank), ‘KG·Edaily champ’ Kim Su-ji (25), and Park Joo-young (31, all Dongbu Construction) are tied for third place at 7-under-par 137 strokes.
Despite the adverse rainy conditions, Lim Hee-jeong swept up 8 birdies (1 bogey). After a bogey on the 3rd hole (par 4), she recovered with a birdie on the 5th hole (par 3), then created momentum with three consecutive birdies from the 7th to 9th holes. In the back nine, she showed resilience by adding birdies on the 11th hole (par 3) and two pairs of stepping-stone birdies on the 14th, 16th, and 18th holes. Leading by one stroke in a tie for first, this is her second win of the season and fifth career victory, coming two months after the High1 Resort Ladies Open in August.
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Park Min-ji is making an iron shot on the 1st hole on the second day of the Hite Jinro Championship. Photo by KLPGA
View original image‘6-win champ’ Park Min-ji (23, NH Investment & Securities) reduced four strokes to rise to 6th place, three strokes behind, at 5-under-par 139 strokes. ‘Second in prize money’ Jang Ha-na (29, BC Card) is tied for 7th at 4-under-par 140 strokes, and ‘Elcrew champ’ Yoo Hae-ran (20, SK Networks) is tied for 13th at 3-under-par 141 strokes. ‘LPGA member’ Park Sung-hyun (28) and ‘third in prize money’ Park Hyun-kyung (21, Korea Land Trust) are tied for 36th at even par 144 strokes. Choi Hye-jin (22, Lotte) was ‘cut off’ at tied 72nd place with 4-over-par 148 strokes.
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