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[이데일리 스타in 주영로 기자] Annika Sorenstam (51, Sweden), who participated in the official LPGA Tour Tournament 13 years after retirement, succeeded in passing the cut.
Sorenstam won 3 birdies and 2 views in the second round of the Gainbridge LPGA (total prize money of $2 million) held at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club (par 72, 6,701 yards) in Orlando, Florida on the 27th (Korean time). Tied up and hit a 1 under par 71 Sorenstam, who recorded 146 strokes over two in the middle, succeeded in advancing to the finals with a tie for 67th place.
120 people participated in this competition and 74 people passed the cut.
Sorenstam participated in the LPGA Tour official competition in 12 years and 3 months after the ADT Championship in November 2008.
I have participated in event competitions in the meantime, but since I did not appear in the official competition, I was very excited to see what kind of results I will achieve in this competition.
As a legend with 72 victories on the LPGA Tour, he still showed excellent skills and veteran crisis management skills.
Sorenstam, who caught a birdie in holes 2 (par 5) and 3 (par 4), looked at hole 4 (par 3). Sorenstam showed a sensational short game ability by snatching a chip-in birdie from the 7th hole (par 4) that day.
Sorenstam seemed difficult to pass the cut even when he hit a 3 over par in the first round. In addition, in the fifth hole of the first round (par 4), a triple bogie was encountered due to the wrong rule of the competition members.
The ball was placed near the fence, but if it swings, the club might get stuck in the door, so I asked if I could open it and hit it, but the competition committee member decided that the door could not be opened. Because of that, he declared unplayable and played with a penalty, and wrote down a triple bogie. However, it turned out that the door could be opened in the rules of golf, and a member of the competition who misapplied the rules at the time came to Sorenstam and apologized.
Sorenstam, 51, participated in the competition and expressed her desire to compete in the US Senior Women’s Open this summer.
The oldest pass on the LPGA Tour was Joanne Carner (USA) at 64 in 2004.
Lydia Go (New Zealand) took the lead for two days in a row with 134 strokes in the middle total of 10 under par.
Jeon Inchi, who recorded 3 wins on the LPGA Tour, aims to win the championship in about two years and four months after the KEB Hana Bank Championship in October 2018.
Ko Jin-young, the number one in the women’s golf world rankings, was unable to reduce the number of strokes with an even par on this day, and the ranking went back from a tie of 4 to a tie of 16 (4 under par, 140 strokes) the day before.
Kim Se-young (28), the second place in the world rankings, lost two strokes and recorded 146 strokes over a 2nd par, and succeeded in advancing to the finals at 67th place with Sorenstam. Park Seong-hyun (28) was eliminated in the cut by hitting 8 over-par 152 strokes until the second round.