[Weekly Hotstar] '60 Hits' Jeon Yesung... "Unnie Went Crazy Today"

Tied for Lowest Score at 12 Under Par in KLPGA Championship
12 Birdies, New Record for Most Birdies Ever
"Every Shot Went In Today"

It was the best day ever.

Jeon Ye-seong is making an iron shot on the 1st hole of the 4th round at the KLPGA Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]

This is the story of Jeon Yesung, who competes on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour. On the 28th, at the Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province (par 72, 6,554 yards), during the final round of this year’s first major tournament, the Chris F&C 46th KLPGA Championship (total prize money 1.3 billion KRW), she played the round of her life. She recorded 12 birdies without a single bogey, shooting 12-under-par 60. She set a new KLPGA Tour record for the lowest score over 18 holes.

Lee Jeong-eun 6 also shot a 60 in the second round of the OK Savings Bank Park Seri Invitational in September 2017. At that time, she made one eagle and ten birdies for a 12-under-par 60. Before Lee Jeong-eun 6, Jeon Mi-jeong shot 61 in the second round of the Paradise Invitational in 2003.

Jeon Yesung set the record for the most birdies in 18 holes that day. The 12-under-par 60 is a new record for the lowest score over 18 holes not only in this tournament but also across all major tournaments. The previous record was 10-under-par 62, set by Choi Hye-jung in the fourth round of this tournament in 2011 and by Lee Jeong-min in the third round of this tournament just the day before. Jeon Yesung achieved her best result of the year with a runner-up finish. "My youngest sibling said, ‘Sister, you’re crazy today,’ which made me laugh. Everything I hit today went in. I practiced putting a lot yesterday because it wasn’t going well, and it paid off with good results."

Jeon Yesung is in her fifth year since debuting on the KLPGA Tour in 2020. She won her first career title at the Ever Collagen Queens Crown in July 2021. This year, she has participated in six tournaments, making it to the final rounds in all of them and showing stable skills by finishing in the top 10 three times. Although she has no wins this season, she ranks 5th in prize money (260.74 million KRW), 5th in points for the Player of the Year award (113 points), and 9th in scoring average (70.18 strokes). She is a short hitter with an average driver distance of 225 yards (101st). Her fairway hit rate is 83% (7th), and her average putts per round is an outstanding 28.41 (3rd).

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