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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Ko Jin-young (25), the world’s No. 1 women’s golf player, took the opportunity to end the 2020 season in a splendid way.
On the 19th (Korean time), Ko Jin-young pulled out five birdies in the second round of the final game of the CME Group Tour Championship (total prize money of $3 million) in the final season of the LPGA Tour season held in Naples, Florida, and scored 5 under par 67 strokes. Recorded.
Ko Jin-young, who ranked first alone in the first stroke with a total of 9 under par 135 strokes in the middle, inflated the possibility of winning two consecutive prizes.
Ko Jin-young participated in the LPGA Tour competition only in November, the last season of the season due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) this year.
Out of a total of 18 tournaments this year, Jinyoung Ko, who has only participated in three tournaments before this tournament, has recorded’Top 10′ twice, including runner-up at the US Open, is currently at 13th place in the prize money rankings.
If you receive the $1.1 million in prize money for this tournament, you can quickly become the number one prize money.
In an interview after the game, Ko Jin-young said, “The first buddy came out from the 6th hole (par 5) and a good flow started, and the 15th and 17th hole buddies were also meaningful.”
Ko Jin-young, about 2.5m from hole 13 (par 4), walked around the hole slightly, but in hole 14 (par 5), a similar street birdie putt went around the hole slightly and cleared the regret of the previous hole.
In the 15th hole (par 4), he put a tricky birdie putt downhill following a long distance uphill of about 10m, and the 17th hole (par 5) put the ball on the green with the second shot and then put the Eagle putt right next to the hole. sent.
Currently, Jin-young Ko is running at No. 1 in the world rankings and Se-young Kim (27) is running in second place.
When asked about the world ranking competition, Ko Jin-young replied, “If I do it well, I will continue to be the number one in the world, and if Kim Se-young does well, I can become number one again,” and “I don’t care too much.”
He said, “I want to play an unprecedented game in the remaining two days,” he said, and made his determination to win the season’s first LPGA tour.
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