Ye-won Lee "I am also a Major Queen"... '2-stroke Victory'

Major HiteJinro Championship 4R 1 Over Par
Leading in Wins, Prize Money, and Grand Prize
Kim Suji 2nd, Seong Yujin 3rd, Park Minji 18th

In her second year, Lee Ye-won has ascended to become a 'Major Queen.'

On the 8th, at the Blue Heron Golf Club in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province (par 72, 6,763 yards), Lee Ye-won finished the final round of the 23rd Hite Jinro Championship, the last major tournament of the year on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, with a one-stroke loss but secured victory by two strokes (7-under-par 281). This marks her third win of the season, two months after her victory at the Doosan Construction We’ve Championship in August, with a prize money of 216 million won.

Lee Ye-won is reading the putting line on the 5th hole of the 4th round at the Hite Jinro Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]

Starting with a five-stroke lead, Lee Ye-won recorded three birdies and four bogeys. After back-to-back birdies on the 3rd and 5th holes, followed by a birdie on the 8th hole (par 4), she reduced her score by three strokes in the front nine, distancing herself from her competitors. She made a bogey on the 12th hole (par 4) after her tee shot landed in the rough, followed by consecutive bogeys on the 14th and 15th holes, and lost another stroke on the 18th hole (par 5), but these scores did not affect her victory. Last year’s Rookie of the Year, Lee Ye-won is showcasing peak performance this year, leading in wins, prize money (1.26054 billion won), and points for the Player of the Year award (562 points).

‘Hanwha Classic Champion’ Kim Su-ji lowered her score by two strokes to finish second (5-under-par 283). ‘Match Queen’ Sung Yu-jin and rookie Hwang Yu-min tied for third place (2-under-par 286), while Kim Jae-hee placed sixth (1-over-par 289). Lim Jin-hee tied for seventh (2-over-par 290), Ji Han-sol finished tenth (3-over-par 291), and rookie Bang Shin-sil tied for twelfth (6-over-par 294). Defending champion Park Min-ji ended the tournament tied for eighteenth (7-over-par 295). ‘Mom Golfer’ Park Joo-young, who won last week’s Daebo House D Open, finished twentieth (8-over-par 296), and overseas player Park Sung-hyun placed twenty-sixth (10-over-par 298).

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