‘Daese’ Park Minji Cheers for 4 Wins This Season... ‘Over 1 Billion Won in Prize Money for 2 Consecutive Years’

Minji Park shoots 4-under par in final round of KB Financial Star Championship
Soyoung Lee 2nd, Heejung Lim 3rd, Yoonji Jung tied 4th

Park Minji is teeing off at the 2nd hole on the final day of the KB Financial Star Championship. Photo by KLPGA

[Asia Economy Reporter Seohee Lee] Park Minji (24) has surpassed 1 billion KRW in prize money for two consecutive years.

On the 18th, at Blackstone Golf Club (par 72, 6689 yards) in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Park Minji won the final round of the KB Financial Star Championship (total prize money 1.2 billion KRW), the fourth major tournament of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, with a 4-under-par round, finishing with a total score of 5-under-par 283. This is her fourth win of the season and 14th career victory, coming three months after winning the BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup in June.

This is her second major tournament victory, following last year's Korea Women's Open. She received a winner's prize of 216 million KRW, increasing her season earnings to 1.04166 billion KRW. Park Minji is the first player in the KLPGA Tour to exceed 1 billion KRW in season prize money for two consecutive years. Leading significantly in both wins and prize money, Park Minji also rose to second place in the points ranking for the Player of the Year, 26 points behind Yoo Hae-ran (21). Following last year, she is signaling a strong chance for a consecutive triple crown in prize money, Player of the Year, and wins.

Starting from a tie for second place, one stroke behind, Park Minji recorded five birdies and one bogey. Although she began with a bogey on the 2nd hole, she made up for the lost strokes with a birdie on the 8th hole (both par 4). In the back nine, she secured consecutive birdies on holes 13-14 and 17-18, fending off her competitors' pursuit.

Lee So-young (25) exchanged two birdies for two bogeys and was unable to reduce her score, finishing in second place at 1-under-par 287. Lim Hee-jung (22) improved by three strokes to finish third at even par 288. Jung Yoon-ji (21), who led until the previous day, lost focus in the final stages. She made three birdies but also four bogeys and one double bogey, finishing at 3-over-par and dropping to a tie for fourth place at 1-over-par 289.

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