2021 is the year when the number of birdies over five consecutive years on the KLPGA tour was the highest. Twenty times there were five or more birdies in a row, and four people including In Ju-yeon, Lee So-young, Hwang Jung-mi, and Ahn Ji-hyun became the stars of six consecutive birdies, and Yoo Hae-ran recorded five or more birdies twice. In 2022, more than five birdies were recorded eight times in a row, and last year, more than five birdies were recorded 12 times in a row.
The number of birdies with more than five consecutive years, which had slowed down for a while, is surging in 2024. Of the 31 competitions scheduled this year, 14 birdies with more than five consecutive years have already been made, with less than half of them having played. The number has already surpassed the records of 2022 and 2023, and the number of birdies is only six shy of the record of 2021.
In the first round of the season’s opening match, Hana Financial Group’s Singapore Women’s Open, Kim Jae-hee made five consecutive birdies, and Hwang Yoo-min, Moon Jung-min, Cho Ah-yeon, Lee Chae-eun 2, and Kang Ga-yul continued their five consecutive birdies, while Lee Je-young and Kim Ji-soo continued the mood with six consecutive birdies. Park Min-ji also made five consecutive birdies in the third round of the 1991 Ladies Open in Kyochon, and Yoo Ji-yeon 2 and Lee Seung-yeon hunted five consecutive birdies.
The five consecutive birdie storm is blowing the hardest at the McCall and Mona Yongpyeong Open, the 15th competition of this season. Park Min-ji and Seo Yeon-jeong made five consecutive birdies on the first day of the competition held at Birchhill CC (par 72) in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province on Friday, and Park Hyun-kyung garnered six consecutive birdies in the second round that continued on Sunday.
Park is the only player who has recorded more than five birdies in a row this year, and has also recorded four birdies in three consecutive times. Park is the winner of this year’s consecutive birdie queen.
It is quite common now, but up until 10 years ago, it was not easy to see more than five birdies in a row. In 2013 alone, there was only one birdie for more than five consecutive years. In 2014, only two players had birdies for more than five consecutive years. However, the number of players who had birdies for more than five consecutive years increased to 11, and now it is not uncommon to see birdies for more than five consecutive years.
Cho Yoon-ji and Ko Jin-young have garnered birdies at eight consecutive holes in the history of the KLPGA tour. Only three of Park Bo-mi 2, Kim Na-ri, and Kim Min-ju have birdies at seven consecutive holes. In this regard, it is a remarkable record that the team has already garnered three birdies at six consecutive holes this year.
Park Hyun-kyung, who said, “It is the first time to record birdies in six consecutive times,” took the lead alone in the second round of the McCall and Mona Yongpyeong Open.
Park Hyun-kyung, who made seven birdies and two bogeys, including six consecutive birdies, shot a 5-under 67 to beat Seo Yeon-jung by one stroke with a total of 10-under 134.
Park, who won her second title this season by winning the BC Card and Hankyung Ladies Cup last week, is on the verge of winning the title for two consecutive weeks and her third win this season thanks to six consecutive birdies. Park Min-ji, who lost two pars on the day, tied for 21st with a total of four-under 140.
