Shin Sang-hoon Cheers in 3rd Overtime of Final Match... "This is My 2nd Career Win"

Jeon Seong-hyun and Lee Jae-kyung Defeat Opponents at LG Signature Players
Ham Jeong-woo and Kim Han-byeol, Kim Chan-woo Tie for 4th Place
Three-Time Champion Ko Gun-taek 7th, Prize Money Leader Park Sang-hyun 12th

Shin Sang-hoon crowned champion at the final tournament of the year.

On the 12th, at the Seo-won Valley Country Club Valley and Seo-won Courses (Par 71, 7,000 yards) in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, Shin Sang-hoon added 2 under par in the 4th round of the KPGA Korean Tour 2023 season finale, the LG Signature Players Championship (total prize money 1.3 billion KRW), tying with Jeon Sung-hyun and Lee Jae-kyung at 8 under par 276. He then secured the winning birdie on the third hole of the playoff at the 18th hole (Par 4).

Shin Sang-hoon is teeing off at the 3rd hole of the 4th round of the LG Signature Players Championship.
[Photo by KPGA]

Shin Sang-hoon earned his second career victory, his first in 1 year and 5 months since the KPGA Championship last June, with a winner's prize of 260 million KRW. Starting from a tie for 3rd place, one stroke behind, he recorded 5 birdies and 3 bogeys. Although he struggled in the first 7 holes, losing one stroke, he changed the momentum with 'stepping stone birdies' on holes 8 and 10. He then took two more birdies on holes 14 and 16 to lead the leaderboard, but lost one stroke on the 17th hole (Par 3), leading to the playoff.

Lee Jae-kyung was the first to be eliminated after making a bogey on the first playoff hole. Shin Sang-hoon made par on the second playoff hole and then secured the winning birdie on the same hole during the third playoff hole to clinch the victory. Shin said, "I'm happy to achieve good results in the cold weather. I think the opportunity came because I didn't give up and kept trying." He plans to begin his military service after this season.

Jeon Sung-hyun and Lee Jae-kyung, who were co-leaders the previous day, settled for a tie for 2nd place. Grand prize winners Ham Jung-woo and Kim Han-byeol, along with Kim Chan-woo, tied for 4th place (7 under par 277), three-time champion Ko Gun-taek and Kim Seung-hyuk tied for 7th place (6 under par 278), and Kang Kyung-nam and Cho Sung-min tied for 9th place (5 under par 279). Money title holders Park Sang-hyun and Heo In-hoe tied for 12th place (3 under par 281).

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