Tournament of Champions 1R 7 Under Par… Achievement, 4th hitting 10th place
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Hoon = American Korean-American Daniel Kang (Korean name Kang Hyo-rim) took the lead in the first round of the Diamond Resort Tournament of Champions, the opening game of the LPGA Tour.
Daniel Kang wrote a 7-under par 64 in the first day of the tournament held at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando (par 71) in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA on the 22nd (Korean time).
Daniel Kang, who swept 7 birdies without a look, pushed out the tie for 2nd place 3 by 1 stroke and tucked the top row of the leaderboard.
In the first round of this tournament last year, Daniel Kang took the lead alone by hitting 8 under par 63 strokes, but was pushed out of the championship competition due to sluggishness in the second round.
Daniel Kang successfully finished the 2020 season with 4th place in prize money rankings and 3rd place in Player Points of the Year, winning two weeks in a row in August last year, when the tour was suspended and resumed due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
On this day, when the sense of shot was outstanding enough to create 14 buddy opportunities, Daniel Kang putters hot enough to have only 26 putts.
Daniel Kang pulled 3 birdies out of 5 par 3 holes.
The 15m buddy putt that succeeded in the 14th hole (par 3) was picked by the broadcaster as the’shot of the day’, and the 9th hole (par 3) made a 3m chip shot buddy.
But the real best shot came from hole 13 (par 5).
A strong draw shot with 214 yards and 5 woods settled nicely on the green and took a light birdie with two putts.
Danielle Kang’s caddy raised his thumb, saying, “I have 20 great shots I’ve seen so far,” and “I didn’t know how to do it.”
Daniel Kang said, “I don’t know anything else, but I really liked the short game today,” and “I especially liked the sense of the approach shot around the green.”
Daniel Kang, who came to Lake Buena Vista, where the tournament was held last Monday night, because he was self-quarantined twice due to close contact with corona19 confirmed patients, said that all of them had been tested negative for Corona 19 diagnosis six times.
Jessica and Sister Nelly Corda (USA) hit a 6 under par 65 side by side to secure a tie for second place.
Last year’s winner Gabi Lopez (Mexico) also reduced six strokes to tie for second place. Lopez started with a tie for second in the first round of last year and ran to the championship.
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Jeon In-ji (27), who hit a 3-under par 68, rose to the top 10 among Korean players alone.
Jeonin-in was tied for 10th place with Zofia Popov (Germany). We caught 6 buddies, but we were disappointed to see the triple from hole 6 (par 4).
Park Hee-young (34) and Heo Mi-jeong (32) finished the first day with a tie for 20th place (even par 71 strokes).
In the’Celebrity’ category, where the matches are played with pro players, but separately ranked in the modified stableford method, tennis player Mardi Fish earned 41 points, outrunning professional baseball major league New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks by two points and placed first. Went out.
In the modified stable pod method, points are given for each hole such as 10 points for Albertos, 8 points for hole-in-one, 5 points for Eagle, 3 points for birdies, 2 points for par, 1 point for Bogie, and 0 points for double Bogie and above, and the ranking is based on the total score.
‘Eternal Golf Empress’ Anna Sorenstam (Sweden), who participated in the LPGA Tour official tournament after 12 years, scored 34 points by combining 1 birdie and 3 bogies.
This competition is a’Wang Jung King’ in which 25 winners of the LPGA Tour competition compete in the last three years.
However, Ko Jin-young (26), Kim Se-young (28), and Park In-bi (33), who ranked 1st to 3rd in the prize money ranking last year, did not participate.
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2021/01/22 11:06 sent