Sanghyun Park's 'Extended Eagle'... "Cumulative Prize Money Surpasses 5 Billion Won for the First Time"

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Veteran Park Sang-hyun's thrilling come-from-behind victory.

On the 15th, at the Genesis Championship (total prize money 1.5 billion KRW) of the Korean Professional Golf Association (KPGA) Korean Tour, held at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo, Incheon (par 72, 7,471 yards), he shot 4-under par in the final round to tie with 'PGA member' Im Sung-jae and Bae Yong-jun at 17-under par 271. Then, on the second hole of the sudden-death playoff resumed at the 18th hole (par 5), he secured the victory with an eagle. This marked his 12th career win, his first in 1 year and 6 months since the DB Insurance Promy Open last April. With the winner's prize of 300 million KRW, he became the first player in Korean Tour history to surpass a total career prize money of 5 billion KRW (5,040,860,000 KRW).

Sanghyun Park is celebrating after making a birdie on the 3rd hole of the 4th round at the Genesis Championship.
[Photo by KPGA]

Starting from 3rd place, 3 strokes behind, Park Sang-hyun combined 7 birdies and 3 bogeys. He made an impressive 5-stroke gain in the front nine with three consecutive birdies from holes 1 to 3 and back-to-back birdies on holes 8 and 9, engaging in the battle for the championship. Tied for 2nd place, 1 stroke behind, he dramatically secured a birdie on the final 18th hole to enter the playoff, and in the second playoff hole, he succeeded in reaching the green in two shots with an iron and hunted down an eagle.

'Hangzhou Asian Games hero' Im Sung-jae led for three consecutive days but managed only 1-under par on the final day, allowing the playoff and settling for runner-up after parring the first playoff hole. Bae Yong-jun earned his second runner-up finish of the season following the Descente Korea Match Play in June. Heo In-hoe finished 4th (14-under par 274), and Kim Han-byeol performed well in 5th place (13-under par 275). Asian Games gold medalists Cho Woo-young and Jang Yoo-bin finished 7th (9-under par 279) and tied for 8th (8-under par 280), respectively. Defending champion Kim Young-soo ended tied for 12th (7-under par 281).

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