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There is a player who excels on a specific course. The "beautiful golfer" Park Gyeol favors Lakewood.

Park Gyeol is celebrating with her caddy after making an eagle shot on the 1st hole of the 1st round at the SangSangIn·Korea Economic TV Open.
[Photo by KLPGA]

On the 19th, at Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province (par 72, 6606 yards), Park Gyeol showed an impressive performance in the first round of the KLPGA Tour SangSangin·Korea Economic TV Open (total prize money 1.2 billion KRW). She shot 6 under par with great momentum. Park Gyeol recorded 1 eagle and 5 birdies (with 1 bogey). She started off well with an eagle on the 1st hole (par 4), recovered from a bogey on the 5th hole (par 4) with a birdie on the 7th hole (par 5). In the back nine, she swept up "two pairs of consecutive birdies" on holes 12-13 and 17-18.

Lakewood Country Club was the venue for the major tournament Chris F&C KLPGA Championship held last April. Park Gyeol led the leaderboard for two consecutive days at that time and finished tied for 2nd place, her best result this year. She has participated in 26 tournaments this season, making the top 10 four times and currently ranks 24th in the prize money rankings with 384.03 million KRW. Park Gyeol is the player who won the gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. She also secured one victory at the 2018 Seoul Economic Ladies Classic.

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