Heaven didn't allow me to lose five games in a row Park Min-ji's contest, the last winner was Lee Ga-young

Jun 08, 2025

Heaven didn't allow me to lose five games in a row Park Min-ji's contest, the last winner was Lee Ga-young
Photo courtesy=KLPGA



Park Min-ji's competition. The last winner is Lee Ga-young.

Park Min-ji's fifth consecutive victory in a single tournament was not recorded in history. However, the disappointment was filled with a great match in which the winner was unknown until the end. It is about the dramatically held KLGPA Tour Celltrion Queen's Masters.

Park Min-ji finished 1 over par in the final round of the KLPGA Tour Celltrion Queens Masters at Sungmunan CC in Wonju, Gangwon-do on the 8th. The tournament ended in a three-round tie for 40th place with a three-under total.




In fact, even before the start of this competition, the main character had to be Park Min-ji. Park won the tournament for four consecutive years from 2021 to last year. The most consecutive wins in a single tournament in history were three consecutive wins set by the late Koo Ok-hee, Pak Se-ri, Kang Soo-yeon and Kim Hae-rim. Tiger Woods also has the highest record of four consecutive losses on the U.S. PGA Tour, and Annika Sorenstam's record of five consecutive losses on the LPGA Tour alone. Park Min-ji, who has already set a KLPGA record, was able to achieve the record of winning for five consecutive years, which is difficult for anyone to break if she wins this tournament. In addition, he was able to set the third record of 20 career wins after the late Koo Ok-hee and Shin Ji-ae.

Heaven didn't allow me to lose five games in a row Park Min-ji's contest, the last winner was Lee Ga-young
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Actually, Celltrion was not going to host this year's competition. Not only Celltrion, but also several companies have stopped holding competitions and sponsoring players due to the economic downturn. However, in the case of Celltrion, the tournament was declared in a surprise move at the end of April. There may have been many reasons, but one of the big reasons was to give Park Min-ji a chance to challenge for the fifth consecutive tournament. When Park Min-ji was also decided to hold the competition, "We thank Celltrion Chairman Seo Jeong-jin." expressed his will.

Was it because of the pressure. Or was it the reason why the venue was changed to Seongmunan CC. Park was extremely sluggish in the first round. Including a double bogey on the fifth hole, he is in a position to worry about passing the cut with one over par. However, he changed the mood by hitting six birdies and one bogey and five under par in the second round. It was not easy to catch up with the final round because the joint leaders of the second round finished at 10 under par, but Park Min-ji was able to dream of a great turnaround ', with the second round Bang Shin-sil playing a huge game of 10 under par.




However, Park Min-ji failed to reach the top in the first nine holes of the final round, making two bogeys and no birdies. Park Min-ji made her first birdie on the 12th hole, but she lost the number of strokes when she bogeyed the 13th hole right away. Still, he kept his last pride by catching a birdie on the last 18th hole.

Heaven didn't allow me to lose five games in a row Park Min-ji's contest, the last winner was Lee Ga-young
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After the round, Park said "It's too bad. It was not easy to lose five games in a row. Still, I think it's from heaven that he won four consecutive championships. The course and the timing of the competition were different for each competition. Still, I won the championship just in this competition. I won one last year, and it was the Celltrion competition. It was a tremendous experience. I think it's also great to lose four games in a row. When I won back-to-back games, other sisters cheered me on to break the record. So I want to send a message that I want my juniors to break my record quickly", he expressed his feelings.

Park Min-ji's dream of winning five consecutive games went away, but the rest of the players competed for the title of the tournament. As many as five players, including Bang Shin-sil, Jung Ji-hyo, Han Jin-sun, Yoon Soo-ah and Lee Ga-young, who hit 10 under par until the second round. Among them, Bang Shin-sil quickly emerged as a favorite with a 10-under-par game in the second round.




However, it collapsed as if it could not overcome the burden. Bang Shin-sil, Jung Ji-hyo and Yoon Soo-ah were pushed out of the competition for the championship due to over-par play. Kim Min-byul, Kim Si-hyun, and Heo Da-bin cut down the number of strokes with dark horses, but they seemed to lack the sense of hindsight.

Heaven didn't allow me to lose five games in a row Park Min-ji's contest, the last winner was Lee Ga-young
Photo courtesy=KLPGA
The competition for the championship was narrowed down to a two-way race between Lee Ga-young and Han Jin-sun. They had two wins and 12 under par, but their joys and sorrows were mixed at the par-5 16th hole. Lee Ga-young, who first targeted the 16th hole with the previous group, boldly targeted the 2nd hole The second shot fell into the bunker and had to be satisfied with the par save. On the contrary, Han Jin-sun of the Final Group safely conducted a three-on operation to catch a birdie of a thousand golds.

Rookie Kim Si-hyun hit 12-under with a birdie on the 18th hole, and Lee Ga-young also failed to reduce the number of pars and finished the game at 12-under. Han Jin-sun won the 18th hole. However, Han Jin-sun missed the last short champion putt of less than 2m in vain, and the overtime of the three began.

Han Jin-sun, who failed to putt 1.5m, made the extra hole. In the extra hole, he made a miracle of putting in a 10-meter putt. Lee Ga Young's Buddy. Sihyun is out.

Lee Ga-young showed off her great strength by posting two consecutive third shots within 1.5 meters of overtime. Han Jin-sun also left a long downhill putt over the pin.

Last putt. There were no two miracles for Han Jin-sun. On the contrary, Lee Ga-young calmly put in the winning putt and was thrilled.

Lee Ga-young's dramatic come-from-behind victory. He tied for the lead in the first and second rounds and eventually won the wire-to-wire title. Lee Ga-young enjoyed three wins in his career following the Dongbu Construction-Korea Land Trust Championship in 2022 and the Lotte Open victory last year. He became the winner of the 216 million won prize.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.