Kim Suji "I am the Major Queen"... Titikkun 'Runner-up'
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2nd Major Win, 5th Career Victory... Cheers for 306 Million Won
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Kim Su-ji has become a 'Major Queen' for the second time in her career.
![Kim Suji is teeing off at the 2nd hole of the 4th round of the Hanwha Classic, her third major tournament of the season. <br>[Photo by KLPGA]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023082715381553389_1693118296.jpg)
Kim Suji is teeing off at the 2nd hole of the 4th round of the Hanwha Classic, her third major tournament of the season.
[Photo by KLPGA]
On the 27th, she finished the fourth round of the Hanwha Classic (total prize money 1.7 billion KRW), the third major tournament of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour season, held at Jade Palace Golf Club in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province (par 72, 6,777 yards), with a 6-under-par round to secure a 3-stroke victory (13-under-par 275). This marks her fifth career win, her first in 10 months since the Hana Financial Championship last October, with a winner's prize of 306 million KRW. She also earned her second major title following the Hite Jinro Championship in October 2021.
Starting as a co-leader by 2 strokes, Kim Su-ji collected 7 birdies and 1 bogey. Although she began shakily with a bogey on the 4th hole (par 5), she changed the momentum with 'stepping stone birdies' on the 5th and 7th holes. In the back nine, she pulled away from her competitors by making 4 consecutive birdies from the 10th to the 13th holes, and celebrated her victory by reducing another stroke on the final 18th hole (par 5).
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Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand), last year's LPGA Rookie of the Year, who participated as a 'special invitee,' showed perfect play with 8 birdies and no bogeys, rising to a tie for 2nd place (10-under-par 278). Lee Ye-won, the 'top money earner,' joined this group after shooting 5 under par. Jeon Ye-seong finished 4th (9-under-par 279), Lee Min-young 6th (7-under-par 281), and Park Min-ji tied for 8th (5-under-par 283). Overseas players Kim A-rim and Ji Eun-hee, along with rookie Bang Shin-sil, ended the tournament tied for 15th (2-under-par 286).
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