Im Hyang - Lee Jeong-eun 5 Rank 13..."Korea Fails 'Top 10' Again"

‘2-Person Team’ DGLBI 4R 5-Under Par Collaboration
Knight-Sokol Win, Kastren-Tan 2nd Place
Yu Hae-ran-Hong Ye-eun 17th, Noh Ye-rim-Joo Soo-bin 29th

Korea failed to break into the ‘Top 10’.

Im Miyang and Lee Jeongeun5 finished tied for 13th place (13-under 267) with a 5-under score in the 4th round four-ball (each player plays their own ball and the better score is counted) at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (DGLBI, total prize money $2.7 million), a two-player team event on the LPGA Tour, held on the 22nd (local time) at Midland Country Club (par 70, 6,256 yards) in Midland, Michigan, USA. The 1st and 3rd rounds were played as foursomes (two players alternate shots with one ball), while the 2nd and 4th rounds were four-ball.

Im Hyang is teeing off at the 6th hole in the 4th round of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. [Midland (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]

Im Miyang and Lee Jeongeun5 made five birdies. They were quiet in the front nine, making a birdie only on the 8th hole (par 4), but swept up four birdies on the back nine at holes 12, 15, 16, and 18. Although they posted the best result among Korean players, they did not finish within the top 10. Due to the LPGA Tour’s major event, the Evian Championship (total prize money $6.5 million), being held in Evian-les-Bains, France, starting on the 27th, many top players including No. 1 Ko Jin-young did not participate in this tournament.

Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol (both from the USA) shot 5-under to secure a one-stroke victory (23-under 257). The two players split the winner’s prize money of $656,230 (approximately 840 million KRW). Knight earned her second career win after 3 years and 9 months since the Volunteers of America Classic in October 2019. Szokol claimed her first win since debuting on the tour in 2019.

Matilda Castren (Finland) and Kelly Tan (Malaysia) fired a 7-under round but settled for 2nd place (22-under 258). This marks their second consecutive runner-up finish at this event following last year. Celine Boutier (France) and Yuka Saso (Japan), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (England) and Emma Talley (USA) tied for 3rd place (20-under 260). Yoo Hae-ran and Hong Ye-eun tied for 17th (12-under 268), No Ye-rim (USA) and Joo Soobin tied for 29th (8-under 272), and Kang Hyeji and Tiffany Chan (Hong Kong) finished tied for 34th (4-under 276).

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