| Park Min-ji poses for a commemorative photo with a trophy and prize money after winning the KLPGA Tour SK Shielders/SK Telecom Championship held on the 13th at Ravi Ebel Country Club Old Course in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do. Courtesy of KLPGA |
Park Min-ji had six wins for two consecutive years, becoming the winner with the most wins among active players on the Korean Women’s Professional Golf (KLPGA) tour.
Park Min-ji traded 3 birdies and carts in the last 3 rounds of the SK Shielders/SK Telecom championship (total prize 1 billion won) held at the Old Course (par 72) at Ravievelle Country Club in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do il 13 and won with a total of 9 strokes under par. 207 did. Park Min-ji beat Ahn Song-i (7 under par, 209 strokes) by two strokes to win the 200 million won prize money.
With this victory, Park Min-ji achieved 6 wins in the season for 2 consecutive years. With this, Park Min-ji surpassed Jang Ha-na (15 wins) with 16 tour wins, becoming the record holder for most wins on the KLPGA Tour among active players. The record for most wins on the KLPGA Tour is 20, held by Ji-ae Shin and Ok-hee Koo, who are currently active on the JLPGA Tour.
Park Min-ji earned 1.47792 billion wins this season alone, after his own record of 1.52137 billion wins last year, and set a record for the second-highest prize money in a single season on the KLPGA Tour. The tour’s total prize money also exceeded 5 billion won. The accumulated prize pool is 5,038.46 million won, second after Jang Ha-na (5.76184 million won).
Park Min-ji said, “I think I’m in my prime. I can’t believe why I’m winning so many championships. It’s amazing even when I see it. “I borrowed it. I feel like I’m going about 1/3 so I’m very happy with it. Now, I’m good at golf rather than the perception that I’m only good at golf, but I want to be remembered as a good person.” “I don’t think I can do any better than now. I think I’ve gotten all I can get,” he said.
Kim Su-ji finished in a tie for 7th with 213 under par hits of 3, taking first place at the KLPGA Tour Grand Prize and batting average this season. Lee Ye-won confirmed the award for the rookie award at the start. Suji Kim said, “I’m really happy that I took the last chance and the grand prize was confirmed.” . I also felt a lot of gratitude for participating in the tournament.”
Correspondent Oh Hae-won
