Taeguk Nangja 'Victory Failure'... '10 Consecutive Tournaments Since Opening'
JM Eagle LA Championship: Yu Hae-ran Finishes 3rd Best
Green Wins by 3 Strokes for 2nd Victory of the Season, Stark 2nd
Ko Jin-young and Lim Jin-hee Tied 4th, Choi Hye-jin 13th
Korean female golf players have once again failed to secure a victory.
On the 28th (local time), at the Wilshire Country Club (par 71, 6,258 yards) in Los Angeles, California, USA, the JM Eagle LA Championship of the LPGA Tour (total prize money $3.75 million) concluded with Hannah Green (Australia) taking the win (12-under 272). This marks the 10th consecutive tournament without a title since the season opener. It is the worst slump in 10 years since the 'Golf Queen' Park In-bee won her first victory at the 14th tournament after the season opener at the Manulife Financial Classic in 2014. Korea will attempt to reclaim the title at the Cognizant Founders Cup held on the 9th of next month.
Korea's Yu Hae-ran posted the best result. She carded five birdies and three bogeys to finish in 3rd place (6-under 278). This is her best performance this year and marks her third consecutive top 10 finishes, showing an upward trend. World No. 7 Ko Jin-young showed strong finishing power with a 4-under round but settled for a tie for 4th place (5-under 279). Rookie Lim Jin-hee could not maintain the momentum from her 8-under round the previous day and lost one stroke, joining the group tied for 4th. Choi Hye-jin, Lee So-mi, and Jang Hyo-jun tied for 13th place (2-under 282), while Kim Se-young and Shin Ji-eun finished tied for 32nd (even par 284).
Hannah Green, who was tied for the lead the previous day at 5-under, surged to a 3-stroke victory. After exchanging one birdie and one bogey over 11 holes without much progress, she showed resilience with back-to-back birdies on holes 12 and 13, an eagle on the 15th hole (par 5), and another birdie on the 16th hole (par 4). This is her second win of the season since the HSBC Women's World Championship in March, her fifth career victory, and the winner's prize money is $562,500 (approximately 780 million KRW).
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Marja Stark (Sweden) shot 3-under to claim second place (9-under 275). Grace Kim (Australia), who was co-leader through three rounds, faltered with six bogeys and no birdies, collapsing to a tie for 25th place (1-under 283).
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