[LPGA] Kim Se-young and Ko Jin-young are the first to lead again… the fierce competition in the final game

[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = On Moving Day, Se-young Kim,’the second place in the world’, took the lead by overtaking Jin-young Ko, who was ranked first.

Kim Se-young (27, Mirae Asset) is the 3rd round of the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship (total prize money of $3 million) held at Tiburon Golf Club (par 72) in Naples, Florida, USA on the 20th (Korean time). In the game, 6 birdies and 1 bogie were combined and hit a 5 under par 67.

Ko Jin-young,’World 1st’, took the 1st hit alone and 2nd place, predicting a fierce competition in the final match. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌]

Kim Se-young, who scored 203 strokes in the middle total of 13 under par, climbed to the single lead, ahead of Ko Jin-young (25, Solaire) by one stroke.

Kim Se-young won this competition last year and won a heavy prize of $1.5 million, which was slightly reduced to $1.1 million this year due to Corona 19. If he wins this competition, he will be the first in his life to be’Player of the Year’ and’Top Prize’.

The possibility of becoming the world’s No. 1 was also opened. If Kim Se-young, who won this tournament last year, rises to the top again, and if Ko Jin-young scores 10 or less alone, he will surpass Ko Jin-young and succeed in the world rankings.

Seyoung Kim increased the distance of 250 yards in the first and second rounds to an average of 265 yards in the third round. The fairway hit rate was 92.85% and the green hit rate was 83.33%.

Ko Jin-young also recorded an average distance of 268 yards. The fairway hit rate was 92.85%, the same as Kim Se-young, and the green hit rate was 77.77%. As for the number of putts, Kim Se-young had 28 and Ko Jin-young had 29.

On this day, Kim Se-young started with a tie for second place, one stroke behind Ko Jin-young. However, in the first half alone, he reduced 3 strokes and joined the joint leader with Ko Jin-young, who recorded 2 under par. In the 2nd hole (par 4), the 5th hole (par 3), and the 7th hole (par 4), each cut was reduced by 1 stroke.

After catching a birdie for two consecutive times at the 10th and 11th holes (par 4), which entered the second half, he reduced one stroke again at the 13th hole (par 4), surpassing Go Jinyoung by 3 strokes. Afterwards, Ko Jin-young showed concentration to buddy on the 17th hole (par 5), and Kim Se-young violated the bogie on the 18th hole (par 4), and the gap became one stroke.

Australian Korean immigration papers were tied for fourth place (9-under par), and New Zealand Korean-American Lydia Go placed a tie for 9th place (8 under par 208 strokes).

Park In-bi (32), who was ranked first in the season’s prize money and Player of the Year category, tied for 28th place (3 under par) with Yoo So-yeon (30) and Shin Ji-eun (28).

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