Yoomin came to my room... The luck of going straight to the LPGA is Lee Yu-lin, the queen of tears for a national senior, beat a veteran with 10 wins after the 5th playoff and won her first championship since debut (Sang Sang-in, Hankyung Wownet Open)
Oct 19, 2025
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Hwang Yoo-min (22, Lotte), a year junior for the national team, came to Lee Yu-lin (23, Doosan Engineering & Construction) room. Her junior joined the LPGA Lotte Open as an invited player of her agency, and she immediately made her way to the world stage by winning the LPGA Lotte Open.
"Yumin came to my room yesterday to give me support and advice.'If you're in trouble, you're not the only one who's in trouble. You'll get a chance if you stick it to the end. I told him to believe in himself."
The interview scene after Lee Yoo-lin's first victory after winning the 5th extra time against veteran senior Park Ji-young (29), who won 10 times in his career.
Lee Yul-rin enjoyed her first victory on the regular tour after the longest '5th overtime' in the Korean LPGA Tour this season.
Lee Yoo-lin tied five birdies and four bogeys for a 1-under 71 in the final fourth round of the Sangsangin and Hankyung Wownet Open (total prize money of 1.2 billion won) held at Lakewood Country Club (par 72, 6605 yards) in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province on the 19th, and tied with Park Ji-young for first place with a final total of 12-under 276. The two players' birdie putts rarely went in alone in overtime by changing the 18th hole (par 4).
The end of the long game was taken by Lee Yul-rin. In the long fifth extra time, he dramatically dropped a downhill birdie putt of just over 8 meters into the hole and raised his right hand. He secured 216 million won in prize money by winning his first regular tour in his 25th tournament this season.
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This season has been a crisis. Prior to this competition, he was on the verge of being forced into the seed match by staying in 74th place in the season's prize money ranking. He missed the cut 13 times out of 25 competitions.
As Hwang Yoo-min advised in the moment of crisis, Lee Yu-lin was able to smile brightly in tears of emotion as she secured a two-year seed at once with the victory of a reversal.
Lee Yu-lin, who was in the championship group as the lone lead by one stroke in second place until the third round, did not make it easy in the final round.
He was pushed out of the lead by failing to reduce the number of pars in the first half, tied for the lead with a birdie on the 11th hole (par 4), but gave up the lead again with bogeys on the 13th hole (par 4) and the 15th hole (par 5). When Park Ji-young, who played in front of the four groups, reduced five strokes without a bogey and finished the final round first with a 12-under lead, Lee Yu-lin seemed to be losing by two strokes.
But Lee Yu-lin held on without giving up until the end. He dropped a 4.5-meter birdie putt on the 17th hole (par 5) to chase it by one stroke, and dramatically led the game to extra time by making a birdie putt close to 6 meters on the 18th hole (par 4). The line was the most difficult for Buddy Burt, who confirmed the fifth overtime victory. It was a dramatic clutch putt that shook off the hardships of the past and announced the birth of a new star in Korean women's golf.
Lee Yu-lin cried until the end, saying, "I'm so happy because it's a dream I wanted to achieve." "I'll continue to think about winning the championship."I promised a steady performance. In the final interview scene, an impressive bright smile with clear dimples rose like hope.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
