Park Hyunkyung Wins Fourth Extra Hole... Yoonina Finishes 'Runner-up'

Second Season Win at BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup
Park Ji-young Tied for 2nd, Kim Min-ju 4th, Jung Yoon-ji 5th
Lee Ye-won 8th, Noh Seung-hee 15th, Park Min-ji 20th

‘Cutieful’ Park Hyun-kyung won after a grueling 4-hole sudden death playoff.

Park Hyun-kyung is making an iron shot at the 3rd hole of the 4th round of the BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup.
[Photo by KLPGA]

On the 23rd, at Pocheon Hills Country Club (Par 72, 6,528 yards) in Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, during the 4th round of the KLPGA Tour BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup (total prize money 1.4 billion KRW), Park added 2 under par to tie with Yoon Ina and Park Ji-young at 12 under par 276. Then, on the 18th hole (par 5), in the resumed sudden death playoff’s 4th hole, she made the ‘winning birdie.’ This is her second win of the season after last month’s Doosan Match Play, her 6th career victory, and the winner’s prize money is 252 million KRW.

Park Hyun-kyung started tied for the lead, 3 strokes behind, and recorded 4 birdies and 2 bogeys. After her first birdie on the 3rd hole (par 5), she lost the lead due to consecutive bogeys on the 5th and 6th holes, but continued the title race with back-to-back birdies on the 8th and 9th holes and another birdie on the 12th hole (par 4). She then held steady with pars over the next 6 holes, pushing the match into overtime. Park Ji-young was the first to be eliminated after making par on the third playoff hole. Park Hyun-kyung secured victory by sinking a short 50 cm birdie putt on the 4th sudden death hole, fending off Yoon Ina’s challenge.

Yoon Ina, who had lowered her score by 7 strokes over 14 holes and was on the brink of victory, faltered with bogeys on the 15th and 17th holes, losing the big catch she had almost secured. Park Ji-young finished tied for 2nd, Kim Min-joo 4th (11 under par 277), Jung Yoon-ji 5th (9 under par 279), and Lee Ye-won and Kim Ji-hyun tied for 8th (6 under par 282). Korean Women’s Open champion Noh Seung-hee and Bang Shin-sil tied for 15th (4 under par 284), while Park Min-ji, who was aiming for a 3rd consecutive win at this tournament, finished tied for 20th (3 under par 285).

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