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‘Domestic No. 1’ Park Min-ji achieved her third consecutive victory.

On the 11th, at the final 3rd round of the KLPGA Tour Celltrion Queens Masters (total prize money 1.2 billion KRW) held at Seolhaewon The Legend Course (par 72, 6,678 yards) in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, Park Min-ji added 1 under par to tie with Lee Ye-won at 11 under par 205 strokes, then secured the ‘winning eagle’ on the first hole of the playoff at the 18th hole (par 5).

This is her 17th career win, coming seven months after the SK Shielders·SK Telecom Championship last November, with a winner’s prize of 216 million KRW. Park Min-ji set a great record by holding the top spot for three consecutive years since 2021. She became the fifth player in KLPGA Tour history, following the late Ku Ok-hee, Park Se-ri, Kang Soo-yeon, and Kim Hae-rim, to win the same tournament three times in a row. She is tied for 3rd place in the all-time wins ranking. Park Min-ji exclaimed, "I was very nervous in the latter half," and added, "I am so happy to finish with such a good result."

Park Minji is cheering after making a birdie on the 1st hole of the final 3rd round at the Celltrion Queens Masters.
[Photo by KLPGA]

Park Min-ji started tied for first place with Park Joo-young, three strokes ahead, and recorded five birdies and four bogeys. In the front nine, she exchanged two birdies for two bogeys and struggled to reduce her score. However, she made ‘stepping stone birdies’ on the 11th and 13th holes, extending the gap to the second-place group by three strokes. After giving up the lead with bogeys on the 15th and 17th holes, Park Min-ji added a birdie with a ‘2-on 2-putt’ on the 18th hole, pushing the match into a playoff.

Lee Ye-won shot 4 under par to finish in second place. Lee So-mi and Jung Yoon-ji tied for third place (9 under par 207 strokes), while Park Gyeol, Park Hyun-kyung, Lee Jung-min, Seo Eo-jin, and Hong Jung-min tied for fifth place (8 under par 208 strokes). Park Joo-young, who was co-leader the previous day, lost two strokes and dropped to a tie for fifth place. Park Ji-young tied for 16th place (6 under par 210 strokes), Bang Shin-sil tied for 21st place (5 under par 211 strokes), and Sung Yoo-jin tied for 25th place (4 under par 212 strokes).

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