Golf Zone Co., Ltd. (CEO Park Kang-soo and Choi Deok-hyung) announced on the 23rd that Shim Ji-yeon won the 2024 Lotte Rental Car GTOUR WOMEN’S Championship, which was held at Daejeon Golf Zone Joymaru on December 22nd (Sun), with a total prize money of 100 million won, with a final total of 17 under par (8 under par in the first round and 9 under par in the second round).
The championship was held at the Evian Resort Golf Course with a 36-hole stroke play in the second round on the 1st without a cut-off in the golf zone’s NBA Tour mode. It is the venue of the LPGA Tour’s Amundi Evian Championship and is famous for its tricky green, and 52 women, including the top points of the Rookie of the Year award and recommended player Ahn So-hyun, participated in the competition to show their sharp shots.
Shim Ji-yeon, who began to take the lead by calmly performing in the first round, started preparing for the championship by recording a birdie from the third hole of the final round. Due to the tricky green, there was a mistake of watching the sixth hole, which was difficult to see, but she immediately made up for it with a birdie at the seventh hole and entered the second round. From a bogey at the 11th hole in the second half, she began to compete with rivals Hong Hyun-ji and Han Ji-min without conceding, and gained momentum by recording a hole-in-one at the 14th hole. She then recorded the final 17 unpar with birdies at the 15th and 17th holes in a row, and won the championship title and the seventh career title with a par save after an extended match with Hong Hyun-ji of Dong-ta.
Championship winner Shim Ji-yeon said, “I didn’t know I would have such a good season this year, but I’m honored to win the championship,” adding, “I sincerely thank the golf zone, Lotte Rent-a-Car, sponsor officials, gallery who came to the venue, and everyone who watched. Thank you to the professionals who played a great game together, and I will be a player who will be able to show good performance next year with an emotional honor to finish the season.”
After the game, the grand prize ceremony was held to look back on the GTOUR WOMEN’s 24 season, which has grown over the years and established itself as the best simulation golf tournament, and to award the players who have performed well in the season. Shim Ji-yeon, who scored 16,800 points and was in the top three at this year’s regular competition, won the grand prize and the top prize. The popularity award was won by GTOUR women’s star golfer Han Ji-min, and Yoon Kyu-mi, who won the once-in-a-lifetime rookie award, which was fiercer than ever.
Meanwhile, the “2024 Lotte Rental Lotte Rent-a-Car GTOUR WOMEN’S Championship,” which is worth 100 million won in total prize money, was participated by Lotte Rental, the No. 1 rental car, as the main sponsor, and was sub-sponsored by Dunlop Sports Korea, Ian Poulter Design, Caddy Talk, NextGen and World Wine Co. The game was broadcast live on the Screen Golf Zone channel, JTBC Golf, Naver Sports, Daum Sports, and YouTube channels of Golf Zone, and will also broadcast global recordings to eight Southeast Asian countries through SPOTV Asia channel.
GTOUR, Korea’s leading screen golf tour zone, which marks the 13th anniversary of this year’s event, has provided viewers with a different level of performance by maximizing realism and immersion through system upgrades this year. It has had a hot year, with the largest number of spectators ever and more than 10,000 live viewers, and plans to rebrand the tournament name to GTOUR and WGTOUR in the upcoming 2025 season and expand the size of the tournament to further expand the opportunity for enjoyment through screen golf. 먹튀검증
