Lee Yewon Wins 'Wire to Wire'... 'I Am Also a 2-Time Champion'
Leading for Three Consecutive Days at NH Investment & Securities Championship
Celebrates 2nd Season Win and 5th Career Victory in 2 Months
Yoon Ina in 2nd Place, Han Jinseon and Hwang Yumin Tied for 3rd
Lee Ye-won's victory was a 'wire-to-wire' win.
![Lee Ye-won is teeing off at the 4th hole of the final 3rd round of the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship. <br>[Photo by KLPGA]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2024051215512369128_1715496684.jpg)
Lee Ye-won is teeing off at the 4th hole of the final 3rd round of the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]
On the 12th, at the Suwon Country Club in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province (par 72, 6,586 yards), Lee Ye-won shot 4-under par in the final third round of the KLPGA Tour NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship (total prize money 800 million KRW) to secure a 3-stroke victory (13-under par 203). She maintained the top position on the leaderboard for all three days, achieving a perfect win. This is her second win of the season and fifth career victory, two months after the Blue Canyon Ladies Championship in March, with a winner's prize of 144 million KRW.
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Starting with a 3-stroke lead, Lee Ye-won made four birdies. After energizing the crowd with 'stepping stone birdies' on holes 3, 5, and 7, she added another stroke on the 11th hole (par 5). On the 16th hole (par 3), she faced a challenge after her tee shot landed near the green and a mishandled approach, but she showed concentration by sinking a 6.31-meter par putt. She finished the remaining two holes with pars, preventing any comeback from her competitors.
![Yoo Nina is teeing off at the 4th hole of the final 3rd round of the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship. <br>[Photo by KLPGA]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2024051215534269129_1715496823.jpg)
Yoo Nina is teeing off at the 4th hole of the final 3rd round of the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]
Yoon Ina tried to overturn the lead with a 5-under par round but had to settle for second place (10-under par 206). This is her best season result, surpassing her 9th place finish last week at the major Kris F&C 46th KLPGA Championship. Han Jin-sun and Hwang Yu-min tied for third place (7-under par 209), Ahn Sun-joo and Lee Dong-eun tied for sixth (6-under par 210), Park Joo-young and Cho Ah-yeon tied for eighth (2-under par 214), and two-time champion Park Ji-young finished tied for 18th (even par 216) to conclude the tournament.
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