Park Hyun-kyung and Lee Chae-eun, who are persistent in putting 500 times every day, and donate 100% of the first prize money of the season
May 25, 2025
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Park Hyun-kyung, who said she made an effort to "500 putting strokes every day," shrugged off Lee Chae-eun's pursuit of her first win since her debut and won her first title of the season. He overcame a psychologically chased situation and reported his first win of the season and eight career wins.
Park Hyun-kyung won the E1 Charity Open (total prize money of 1 billion won) in the third round match on the final day of the E1 Charity Open (par 72, 6366 yards) held in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, on the 25th, reducing six strokes with one eagle and four birdies, and winning the final total by one stroke with 16-under 200.
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The tenacious effort paid off. Park Hyun-kyung, who continued her comfortable play without shaking throughout the stable putt, won the title with her first no-bogey play since her debut.
The beautiful heart shone, too.
In order to make use of the meaning of the 13th Charity Open, I will donate 13% of the prize money with Park Ji-youngPark Hyun-kyung changed her mind and decided to donate 100% as it is a competition to promote good influence"He promised to donate the entire prize money of 180 million won. Park Hyun-kyung said, `I wanted to donate the prize money for my 10th victory, but I will change it to 100% because it is a meaningful competition," he added.
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Park Hyun-kyung, who started the final round in second place, one stroke behind Lee Chae-eun, took the lead with a birdie on the eighth hole (par 3) and then reduced the number of strokes to 14 under par with an eagle, the third shot chip on the ninth hole (par 5), widening the gap with the second-place group by three strokes. "I was also surprised when the chip shot turned into an eagle. I wondered if it was lucky for me, but Chae-eun also did an eagle in the second half, so I thought it wasn't"The moment I laughed.
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However, Park Hyun-kyung did not shake.
The 18th hole (par 5) hit with a 16-under par tie. Park Hyun-kyung sent the tee shot further. Lee Chae-eun's shot, which was first shot, was pulled and entered the penalty area.
Park calmly put his third shot on the green and then put a 12-meter putt on the side of the hole. Lee Chae-eun tried to par with a chip shot, but failed and ended up with a bogey. Park Hyun-kyung received a water shower by completing the winning putt. A thrilling first win of the season with hard work and tenacity.
Park Hyun-kyung, who has revived her shot since the Nexen St. 9 tournament, has entered the top 10 in the last five consecutive tournaments, including the Japanese tournament, signaling that her first win of the season is not far away.
"I worked with a positive mindset that my performance has been improving to the top 10 in a row recently." is meaningful because it is the first no-bogey competition since Park Hyun-kyung made her professional debut. I like May, but I'm happy to win before the end of the month." "The comfort of looking at the target when it's good and bad is different, but this tournament was comfortable to look at the target.", he explained. Regarding her competition with the same agency, Lee Chae-eun, she said, `I was preparing to congratulate Chae-eun even if she won. I think I was a little bit more fortunate.'
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Lee Chae-eun, who sought her first victory in her 147th appearance on the KLPGA Tour, had to settle for a 15-under-par runner-up in the final hole without overcoming the crisis.
Kim Min-sun cut five shots to rank third (11-under 205), while Lim Hee-jung, Park Gyeol, Lee Dong-eun, Park Joo-young and Choi Ye-rim tied for fourth (10-under 206). Bae So-hyun, the defending champion who won last year, finished the competition in ninth place (9 under par 207) with Kim Seo-yoon and Park Ye-ji.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.