Bang Sin-sil's 'National Team Power'..."Did You See 5 Consecutive Birdies?"

Seed Round 40th Ranked Player's KLPGA Tour Debut This Year
KLPGA Championship 1R 5-Under Par 'Birdie Show'

It is a birdie show by promising national team player Bang Sin-sil.

On the 27th, Bang Sin-sil shot 5-under-par 67 in the first round of the 2023 season's first major of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, the Chris F&C 45th KLPGA Championship (total prize money 1.3 billion KRW), held at the Lakewood Country Club's Mountain Trail and Forest Trail courses in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province (par 72, 6,570 yards). She collected eight birdies (one bogey, one double bogey), including five consecutive birdies from holes 14 to 18.

Rookie Bang Sin-sil is teeing off at the 1st hole of the 1st round of the KLPGA Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]

Bang Sin-sil has been active as a national team member since 2020. In March last year, she achieved a joint 8th place, the highest among Korean players, at the Augusta National Women's Amateur tournament. Although Bang entered the professional stage this year, she had not had the opportunity to participate in KLPGA Tour events until now. She finished 40th in last year's qualifying tournament, so her turn did not come. However, the number of participants increased from 120 to 132 this year, giving her the chance to compete.

Bang Sin-sil had been invited to participate in several KLPGA Tour events as an amateur, but this is her first tournament as a professional. She started shakily with a bogey on the 1st hole (par 5) and a double bogey on the 2nd hole (par 3), but changed the momentum with consecutive birdies on the 7th and 8th holes, moving into the leading group. Bang said, "The greens at the regular tour event I encountered for the first time were so fast that I was surprised. I couldn't adapt." She added, "Making the cut was my original goal. Since today's result came out so well, I feel a bit ambitious."

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