The leaderboard was full of Japanese players. Japanese players took the lead on day one of the Toto Japan Classic, Japan’s only American Women’s Professional Golf Tour (LPGA) tournament. This is a ranking that shows the strength of Japanese women’s golf. However, it will be of great comfort to domestic golf enthusiasts that Lee Jeong-eun 6 (26), who finished 6th at the SK Networks Seoul Economic Ladies Classic held in Korea last week, this time was ranked at the top of the classification.
On the 3, Lee Jeong-eun 6 recorded a 3-under-par 69 with 5 birdies and 2 bogeys on the first day of the tournament held at the Seta Golf Course (par 72) in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on the 3. It is 4-stroke by the Japanese Momoko Ueda and Ai Suzuki, who drew for the lead with a 7-under 65.
On this day, Lee Jeong-eun 6, who started with a birdie on the first hole (par 5), increased the momentum with a birdie on the 6th and 7th holes (par 4 above). Jeong-eun Lee 6, who caught a 1.2m birdie on the 11th hole (par 4) in the second half, rose to 4 under par, but retired when she registered bandits on the 12th hole (par 3 ) and 14th hole (par. 4). However, she managed to change the mood by attacking within 1m of the 16th hole (par 5) to catch a bird. Expectations are high if Lee Jung-eun 6 can give new hope to Korean women’s golf, which has not been able to bring victory in the past 13 tournaments.
Anna Lin shot a 3-under 69 with 4 birdies and 1 bandit, while Bae Seon-woo caught 3 birdies without a bandit. Hyejin Choi (23) finished the first round with a 2-under-par 70.
The Japanese players took the lead in the LPGA tournament held that day in their home country. As many as 8 of the 9 players tied for sixth place, including two tied for the lead, are Japanese players. In Korea this year, Jin-young Ko, Hyo-joo Kim, Eun-hee Ji and In-ji Jeon won four on the LPGA Tour, while in Japan, Nasa Hataoka and Ayaka Furue won two.
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