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Seo Kyo-rim laughed in the extended showdown between Seo Kyo-rim and Kim Min-sol, who formed a fierce “rival structure” this season. After winning the MediHill and Hankook Ilbo Championship last week, the words “Min-sol, I’ll win four games of the season first” became a reality.
The final day of the 48th KLPGA Championship, BC Card and Hankyung, the second major tournament of this season, was held at Pocheon Hills Country Club Garden and Palace Course (par 72) in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province on the 23rd. Seo Kyo-rim, who started with a three-shot lead on the day, was carefully expected to win. However, he fell into chaos after 10 holes. Seo Kyo-rim’s ranking fell in an instant, making four bogeys without birdies, and the leaderboard was turned upside down as “rival of the same age” Kim Min-sol reduced one stroke. However, Seo Kyo-rim continued to chase after him by catching only two birdies, and Kim Min-sol failed to escape with two birdies and two bogeys. In the end, he tied for the lead with a total of 8-under 280. The game of their fate went into extra time.
the first game of extra time. In the tee shot, Kim Min-sol laughed. Seo Kyo-rim’s tee shot, which flew 272.4 yards, fell into the left rough, and Kim Min-sol placed a 275.3-yard tee shot in the middle of the fairway. The remaining distance is about 250 yards. Seo Kyo-rim chose a layup and left 81 yards. Kim Min-sol’s ridiculous mistake of trying to do two on came out. Wood tee shot 3 hits thin and flies 191 yards and falls into the left rough. And in fact, the game was decided on the last third shot. First, Seo Kyo-rim placed the ball less than 1m into the hole, but Kim Min-sol’s third shot was short and stopped at the entrance of the green.
After making the champion putt, Seo Kyo-rim burst into tears of joy. “I was frustrated and upset that the game didn’t go well at the beginning of today, but my caddie kept saying, ‘It’s okay, let’s wait,’ so I held on. So the moment I won the championship, I think I cried because I was happy,” he said.
Now, he’s the lone leader with four wins of the season. And the target point gap widened. Seo Kyo-rim, who received 100 points, scored 490, and Kim Min-sol received 50 points to 403. The difference between the two was 87 points.
Here, Kyorim also ranked No. 1 in the prize money ranking. Seo Kyo-rim, who received 270 million won in prize money, received 1,286,766,000 won, and Kim Min-sol received 165 million won, falling to second place with a total of 1,286,629,428 won for the season. However, the difference in prize money between the two is only 136,572 won. It is a difference that can change the ranking for each competition.
Park Min-ji reduced three strokes and once tied for the lead, but unfortunately finished the tournament in third place, and Moon Jung-min and Ko Ji-woo, who recorded a total of 6-under 282, tied for fourth. Moon Jung-min posted a 4-under 68 on the day, raising his ranking by 13 notches, boasting a scary background.
