Kim Se-young and An Na-rin Eliminated... Korea's '8 Consecutive Tournaments Without a Title'
All Defeated in T-Mobile Match Play Semifinals
Kim Se-young Loses by 3 Holes to Maguire with Tears
Anna Lin Also Suffers 4-Hole Defeat to Korda
The Taeguk Nangja players once again failed to deliver news of a victory. Since the LPGA Tour season opener, the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January, they have gone eight consecutive tournaments without a title.
![Kim Se-young is making a bunker shot at the 7th hole in the semifinals of the T-Mobile Match Play. <br>[Las Vegas=AFP·Yonhap News]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2024040710153331622_1712452533.jpeg)
Kim Se-young is making a bunker shot at the 7th hole in the semifinals of the T-Mobile Match Play.
[Las Vegas=AFP·Yonhap News]
On the 6th (local time), Kim Sei-young lost by 3 holes to Leona Maguire (Ireland) in the semifinals of the LPGA Tour T-Mobile Match Play (total prize money $2 million) held at Shadow Creek (par 72, 6,804 yards) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. An Na-rin also bowed out of the final after losing by 4 holes to world No. 1 Nelly Korda (USA).
This tournament was held in a unique format combining stroke play and match play. Rounds 1 to 3 were conducted in stroke play format, where scores were totaled. Only the top 8 players advanced to the quarterfinals, where from then on, match play was used to decide the winner hole by hole until the final.
Kim Sei-young raised expectations for her first victory after crushing Rose Zhang (USA) by 6 holes in the quarterfinals the day before. However, on the day, after losing holes 1 and 3 to Maguire, she recovered one hole with a birdie on hole 4 (par 5), but then lost holes 7 and 10, struggling to gain momentum. Kim was eliminated in the semifinals after making a bogey on hole 15 (par 4).
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An Na-rin, who narrowly defeated Minami Katsu (Japan) by 1 hole in the quarterfinals, could not withstand Korda, who has won three consecutive tournaments recently. She lost a total of 5 holes early on, at holes 1 to 3 and 6 to 7, losing control of the match. An tied with par on hole 15 but ultimately lost the match. Korda will face Maguire in the match play final on the 7th, aiming for her fourth consecutive win and 12th career victory.
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