Lee Dayeon 'Cheers in 3rd Overtime'... "Secures 2nd Win of the Season at Home"

Hana Financial Group Championship FR 3-Under Par
8th Career Win Since April KLPGA Championship
Minji Lee and Tawattananakit 'Lost in Playoff'

‘The Little Giant’ Lee Da-yeon secured her home turf by taking over the ‘Big Match’.

Lee Dayeon is reading the green on the 4th hole of the 4th round at the Hana Financial Group Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]

On the 24th, at the Incheon Bearsbest Cheongna Golf Club (par 72, 6,712 yards), Lee Da-yeon finished the 4th round of the KLPGA Tour Hana Financial Group Championship (total prize money 1.5 billion KRW) by shooting 3 under par, tying with Korean-Australian Minjee Lee and Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand) at 8 under par 280. Then, on the third hole of the sudden-death playoff at the 18th hole (par 4), she made the ‘winning birdie.’ This marked her second victory of the season and eighth career win, five months after the major KLPGA Championship presented by Chris F&C in April. The winner’s prize money was 270 million KRW.

Starting from a tie for 4th place, three strokes behind, Lee Da-yeon recorded four birdies and one bogey. She reduced two strokes in the front nine with birdies on the 3rd and 6th holes. A birdie on the 13th hole (par 4) was offset by a bogey on the 14th hole (par 3). She secured a birdie on the 16th hole (par 3) to join the playoff. In the first playoff hole, Tavatanakit was eliminated after making a bogey, and on the third playoff hole, Lee Da-yeon celebrated after sinking a long downhill putt to clinch the victory.

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