Park Min-ji Makes Historical past with Fourth Consecutive Victory at KLPGA Masters Event

Park Min-ji holds up the Masters event trophy on the KLPGA Tour Celltrion at Seolhaewon in Yangyang, Gangwon-do on the ninth and raises 4 fingers, celebrating her fourth consecutive victory within the event./ KLPGT

Park Min-ji (26) turned the primary participant on the Korean Ladies’s Skilled Golf Tour (KLPGA) to win 4 consecutive victories in the identical event.

Minji Park prepares her second shot on the primary gap of the third spherical of the KLPGA Queens Celltrion Tour Masters held at Seolhaewon in Yangyang, Gangwon-do on the ninth./KLPGT

Minji Park decreased his lead by 2 strokes to three birdies and 1 bogey within the third ultimate spherical of Celltrion Queens Masters (whole prize cash of 1.2 billion gained) held at Seolhaewon (par 72, 6,563 yards) in Yangyang, Gangwon-do from the ninth. Park Min-ji, who shot a ultimate 203 at 13 beneath par, beat Lee Je-young (23), Jeon Ye-seong (23), and Choi Ye-rim (25), who tied for the second place (10 beneath par), by three strokes. Park Min-ji held the lead for the three days and took victory in ‘Wire to Wire’. He continued his par streak within the third spherical and was briefly tied for the lead with a bogey on the tenth gap (par 4), however took the lead with birdies on the eleventh (par 3) and 14th holes (par 5), and took the lead on the 18th gap (par 5).

Park Min-ji acquired the profitable prize of 216 million gained, and a further 300 million was gained in particular prize cash supplied by the event organizer, Celltrion. To assist Park Min-ji’s problem, Celltrion introduced that it could pay an additional 300 million of his winnings as a particular prize if Park Min-ji achieved his fourth consecutive victory, and 100 million if one other participant wins. Minji Park stated in a broadcast interview after they gained that day, “I’ll hand over the whole award for this significant victory. “At first, I used to be going to present away the prize cash if I gained 20 instances, however I am impatient. On this regard, NH Funding & Securities, the primary sponsor of Park Min-ji, stated after the tip of the competitors, “In reminiscence of her fourth consecutive victory and to respect the that means of donation, we determined so as to add a further quantity to present to the profitable incentive in accordance with the present contract and pays Park Min-ji the identical quantity because the profitable prize cash.” “He stated.

The Celltrion Queen’s Masters, which was established in 2019, was not held in 2020 as a result of coronavirus. Park Min-ji gained this competitors for 4 consecutive years from 2021 to this yr. In 2021, he gained the cup at Paju Seoseoul Nation Membership, and from 2022, he gained the cup at Yangyang Seolhaewon. That is the primary document of 4 consecutive wins in the identical event on the KLPGA tour. The three consecutive winners have been the late Koo Okay-hee (1980-1982, 3 tournaments together with the KLPGA Championship), Kang Soo-yeon (48, 2000-2002 Hite Cup Ladies’s Open), Pak Se-ri (47, 1995-1997). Seoul Ladies’s Championship), and Kim Hae-rim (35, 2016).

Park Min-ji additionally tied for first place within the class of most wins in the identical competitors (together with consecutive wins), together with Go Woo-soon (60), KLPGA Championship champion in 1990, 92, 94, and 96. Park Min-ji amassed a complete of 19 wins on the tour and held third place, behind the late Koo Okay-hee and Shin Ji-ae ( 36), who had 20 wins. Minji Park has gained the event yearly for eight years from 2017, when she began on the KLPGA tour, till this yr. From 2017 to 2020, he gained one win annually, and 6 wins every in 2021 and 2022. After two wins in 2023, they obtained their first win of the season at present. He additionally holds the document for the biggest prize cash in the whole tour and the biggest prize in a season (1.52137 billion gained, 2021).

Park Min-ji, who likes hilly terrain programs that use totally different course heights, stated she just lately obtained distracted by studying. “This week was so lengthy that I awakened at 6am each day as a result of I felt a lot strain,” he stated “I saved getting anxious, so I saved preventing on my own with out worrying. He, who suffered from proper brow and complications on account of trigeminal neuralgia, stated, “Fortuitously, my bodily situation is surprisingly good in the meanwhile,” and “I am main life usually to take care of my situation. “

Park Min-ji and the gallery behind her carry out at Seolhaewon in Yangyang, Gangwon-do, the place the third spherical of the Queen’s Celltrion Tour KLPGA Masters was held on the ninth./KLPGT