Choi wins KLPGA Champions Tour season finale to take top prize money
Choi wins KLPGA Champions Tour season finale to take top prize money
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Choi Hye-jung, 40, won the final event of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association's (KLPGA) Champions Tour season to take the top prize.
Choi shot a 7-under 65 in the final round of the KLPGA SBS Golf Champion Tour with Aegis Sky Country Club (Par 72) in Gunwi-gun, Daegu, on Monday for a two-round total of 17-under 127 for a total prize fund of 100 million won.
Choi Hye-jung took home the top prize of 15 million won ($7,583,000).
Choi's 127 is a new record for the lowest score on the Champions Tour. Choi had previously set the Champion Tour record for the lowest 18-hole score in a tournament with a 10-under-par 62 in the first round.
Choi, who only started playing on the Champion Tour this year, has four wins on the season, surpassing Hong Jin-ju Hong, who has won three times.
It is the first time in eight years that a player has won four titles in a season on the Champion Tour since Jung Il-mi in 2016.
In addition to her four wins, 메이저사이트 Choi has been in contention for the title in each of the eight tournaments held this year, finishing runner-up twice.
“I tried to shake off the pressure of being a prize winner,” Choi said. I tried to shake off the pressure of being the money winner because it's not everything, so even if I came in second, I was going to accept it humbly, but I'm glad I got a good result,” Choi said, adding, ”I will try to challenge for the money title again next year.”
As a two-time winner on the KLPGA Tour, Choi has earned the opportunity to play in two KLPGA Tour events next year as the Champions Tour money winner.
“I will show that the old man is alive and well,” Choi said, ”and I want to compete in the Hite Jinro Championship and the KLPGA Championship, which I won when I played on the KLPGA Tour.”
Hong, who competed with Choi Hye-jung for the top prize money and most wins in three consecutive tournaments, finished in third place (8-under par 136) in the final round.
Meanwhile, Hwang Min-jung (23) won the 17th event of the KLPGA Dream Tour (KRW 70 million in prize money) at Baekje Country Club (Par 72) in Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do.
Hwang shaved eight strokes off her final round score to finish with a two-round total of 10-under-par 134, two strokes clear of the second-place group.
Hwang, who enjoyed a hole-in-one on the 12th hole (par-3, 147 yards) when her 7-iron tee shot rolled into the hole, made six birdies without a bogey.
Hwang, whose father, Hwang Byung-seok, and brother, Hwang Kang-yeol, are professional golfers, is part of a golfing family, and her 17th-place finish on the money list puts her in position to secure a seeding in next year's KLPGA Tour, which offers 20 spots.