The first round of the Hite Jinro Championship, the last major competition of this season of the Korean LPGA Tour, took place at Blue Heron Golf Club (par 72) in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province on Sunday. Numerous fans flocked to the tee box at Hole 1. This was to see Park Sung-hyun, who is “different” after a long time. 먹튀검증
Park looked nervous, but she greeted her fans and fired her tee shot vigorously. Rather than cautiously crossing the right bunker, she had a strategic tee shot that sent her just 230 yards to the left. The second shot that followed also made it to the hole well. She could finish with birdie or par. However, in her first solid and fast green that she had experienced for the first time in a long time, Park finished the game with her first three putts on the day. Her tee shot was bent to the left, and she had a series of three putts on the green. She bogeyed with three putts at the fifth hole, and made good use of her second shot to 1.5 yards on the ninth hole (par 4) to secure a birdie opportunity, but had to post a bogey in the end by making three putts. Park recorded as many as 10 bogeys at the first 12 holes, falling to the bottom. The long-awaited first birdie came out at the 13th hole (par 4). At the moment her birdie putt, which she hit from 5.5 yards, disappeared into the hole, fans responded with cheers. Park, who lost the par due to a three-putt at the 14th hole, focused until the end, dramatically securing a birdie at the last 18th hole to wrap up the first day of her return match, which had been struggling with 9-over 81.
Park Sung-hyun broke her wrist ligament when she hit a stone hard during the SK Shields-SK Telecom Championship match of the KLPGA Tour season in November last year. Park Sung-hyun, who eventually got on the operating table, had to focus only on rehabilitation for more than five months. The first competition after the injury was the Jeju Samdasoo Masters held in August. At the time, Park Sung-hyun failed to get the hang of both shots and putts, perhaps because of her poor sense of practice, and eventually failed to make the cut.
This is the second real competition of the year. Park, the original slugger, had a tee shot of 289.7 yards at Hole 9 on the day. She is the third among the players in the competition. “Homework is as expected. Park’s shot gain (Stroke Gain) was -4.3 on the day. From tee shot to iron shot, she only suffered a loss of 0.49 pars. However, she lost 3.81 pars compared to her competitors in putt, ranking 106th among the players in the competition.
Park Do-young took the lead by reducing three shots, while Yoon Na and Kim Min-byul tied for second with a 2-under 70. Park Hyun-kyung, the “three wins of the season,” is tied for fourth with a 1-under 71 with Hwang Yoo-min and Kim Min-sun.
