| Kim Ji-young 2 is shooting in the third round of the US Women’s Open on the 13th (Korean time). © AFP=News1 |
Domestic player Kim Ji-young 2 (24, SK Networks) rose to the top in the third round of the US Women’s Open (total prize money of 5.5 million dollars).
Kim Ji-young 2 caught 4 birdies without seeing them in the 3rd round of the 75th US Women’s Open held at the Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek Course (par 71/6731 yards) in Houston, Texas on the 13th (Korean time), 4 under par 67 I wrote down the strokes.
Kim Ji-young 2, who was tied in 47th place until the second round, jumped to third place with a middle total of 1 under par 212 as a result of the third round. It is only three shots from the lead Shibuno Hinako (Japan, 4 under par 209).
Kim Ji-young 2, who joined the Korea Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour in 2015, won the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship in May 2017 and the BC Card-Hankyung Ladies Cup 2020 in June this year. In this US Women’s Open for the first time, he struggled until the second round, but in the third round, he aimed to win with perfect performance.
Kim Ji-young 2, who started from hole 10 (par 4), caught a birdie from the first hole. Afterwards, the par march was held and a birdie was added at the 16th hole (par 3).
Stable play continued in the second round. Kim Ji-young 2 took a birdie in the 4th hole (par 3), and then finished the 3rd round with a successful chip-in birdie in the last 9th hole (par 5).
In the third round, Hinako Shibuno lost 3 shots by guilty of 4 bogies while catching only 1 buddy in the 3rd round, but kept the lead in the ‘1 stroke’ with 209 shots in the middle of the 4 under par. Amy Olsen of the United States is pursuing Shibuno with a 3-under-par 210 stroke (only second place).
World ranking 1st place Ko Jin-young (25, Solaire), 2nd place Kim Se-young (27, Mirae Asset), 2020 KLPGA Tour rookie king Hae-ran (19, SK Networks), Kim A-lim (25, SBI Savings Bank), etc. Taro tied for ninth. The gap with the leader is 5 strokes.
Last year’s US Women’s Open champion Lee Jeong-eun 6 (24, Daebang E&C) tied for 15th with a 2-over par 215 strokes. Park In-bi (32, KB Financial Group) and Yoo So-yeon (30, Mediheal) are tied for 33rd with a 5-over par 218.
Choi Hye-jin (21, Lotte), the 2020 KLPGA Tour Grand Prize winner, lost 5 strokes in the 3rd round and reached a tie for 39th with 219 strokes over 6 in the middle.
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