KLPGA Tour's Top Box Office Star... Park Hyunkyung, Not Yoonina

Park Hyunkyung Emerges as Last Year's Top Driver of Viewership Ratings
Playoff Victory at McCol Mona Yongpyong Open Draws Record Audience
Ranks First in Both Tournament Average and Highest Round Viewership

Park Hyun-kyung was identified as the top star in terms of popularity on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour.

Park Hyun-kyung is cheering after winning the BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup in the 4th sudden death playoff. Photo by KLPGA

According to an analysis of last year's tournament viewership ratings released on the 23rd, the McCol·Mona Yongpyong Open, where Park Hyun-kyung won in a playoff against Choi Ye-rim, recorded an average viewership rating of 0.72%, the highest among 31 tournaments. Additionally, the KLPGA Tour announced that the overall average viewership rating for last year's tournaments rose by 24% compared to 2023, reaching 0.419%.

The highest-rated rounds of last year's KLPGA Tour also came from the McCol·Mona Yongpyong Open. The final round of this tournament achieved a viewership rating of 1.134%, higher than any other tournament or round. The BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup ranked second in viewership ratings, with an average rating of 0.67%. At the BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup, Park Hyun-kyung won by defeating Park Ji-young and Yoon In-na in a playoff. The second round of the BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup recorded a viewership rating of 1.099%, the second highest after the final round of the McCol·Mona Yongpyong Open.

Park Hyun-kyung also drove the peak momentary viewership ratings. On the final day of the BC Card·Hankyung Ladies Cup, the playoff between Park Hyun-kyung and Yoon In-na at 5:22 p.m. saw the momentary viewership rating soar to 2.712%, marking the minute with the highest number of viewers. The 4 p.m. moment during the final day playoff between Park Hyun-kyung and Choi Ye-rim at the McCol·Mona Yongpyong Open followed with a rating of 2.047%.

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