'52 Jeon 53 Gi' Madasom: "I Will Have a Long Athletic Career"

OK Financial Group Utman Open: Jeong So-yi Defeats in Overtime
Choi Ye-rim and Lee Joo-mi Tied for 3rd, Kim Min-sol 5th
Park Bo-gyeom 7th, Lee Ye-won 12th, Kim Su-ji 16th

'52 attempts, 53rd success.'

In her second year, Ma Dasom claimed her first career victory. On the 17th at the Incheon Club72 Country Club Sky Course (Par 72, 6,713 yards), she shot 3-under par in the final third round of the KLPGA Tour OK Financial Group Utman Open (total prize money 800 million KRW), tying with rookie Jeong So-i at 15-under par 201. Then, on the first hole of the playoff resumed at the 18th hole (par 5), she secured the winning birdie. She reached the top after 53 regular tour events and earned a winner's prize of 144 million KRW.

Madasom is receiving a celebratory shower of flower petals immediately after her playoff victory at the OK Financial Group Uthman Open.
[Photo by KLPGA]

Starting from a one-stroke behind in a tie for second place, Ma Dasom recorded four birdies and one bogey. She gained momentum with birdies on holes 6, 11, 13, and 14, but made a bogey on the 17th hole (par 4) after her tee shot landed in the rough. In the playoff, Jeong So-i's 2.5-meter putt slightly missed to the left, while Ma Dasom calmly sank a 2-meter birdie putt to secure the victory.

Ma Dasom, a former national team member, won twice on the 2021 Dream (2nd tier) Tour and had come close to winning on the regular tour with runner-up finishes at the Korean Women's Open in June and the High1 Resort Women's Open in August. Ma Dasom said, "I still can't believe I won," and expressed her ambition, "I want to advance to the LPGA Tour in the U.S. and have a long career as a player."

Choi Ye-rim and Lee Joo-mi tied for third place (14-under par 202), and Hangzhou Asian Games national team member Kim Min-sol performed well, tying for fifth place (13-under par 203). Park Bo-gyeom, who was the leader the previous day, lost one stroke and dropped to a tie for seventh place (12-under par 204). Lee Ye-won, who leads in prize money and the overall ranking, tied for 12th place (11-under par 205), and defending champion Kim Su-ji tied for 16th place (9-under par 207).

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