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| Jeonji (AFP = Yonhap News) |
Jeon Inji was in the top 5 in the 3rd round of the Diamond Resort Champions Tournament (total prize money of $1.2 million) before the opening of the 2021 season’s American Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour.
In the third round of the tournament held at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando (par 71) in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA on the 24th (Korean time) on the 24th (Korean time), he hit 4 under par 67 with 5 birdies and 1 bogie with a total of 13 under par 200 for 3 days He hit fourth and ran in fourth place. The previous day, it was a step back from tied for third place.
In the lead, Korean-American Daniel Kang caught eight birdies without seeing it on this day, hitting 8-under-par 63, recording 21-under-par 192, keeping the lead. Daniel Kang has been in the lead for three days in a row, playing a zero-defect match that did not violate a single bogie during the three days of this tournament.
Jeon In-ji, who started the game with a tie for 3rd place by 4 strokes with the lead, started happily by catching a birdie in the starting hole, hole 1 (par 4), and began pursuing the lead by adding a birdie in hole 4 (par 4). However, after continuing the par streak, he seldom reduced the number of strokes.
Jeonin-in, who guilty of a bogie on hole 12 (par 4) in the second half, caught a birdie on hole 14 (par 3) and made up for the number of strokes he lost earlier. Afterwards, the game ended happily by catching a birdie in the last hole 18 (par 3) following the birdie on the 16th hole (par 4).
Previously, out of 13 tee shots on the day, 11 of the tee shots were on the fairway, but the percentage of hitting the green to see the accuracy of the iron shot dropped from 88.9% (16/18) to 66.7% (12/18) on the previous day, and 26 putts. Recorded.
In an interview with the LPGA Tour after the game, Jeon In-in said, “Today, there were a lot of pins in front of the pins, but because of the desire to stick closer to the pins to leave an uphill putt, there are three or four shots that stop at the green edge. “It was a day I was regretful of not being able to make the game,” he said, and added, “I am looking forward to the game tomorrow because the unfortunate thing has passed.”
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| Daniel Kang. (AFP = Yonhap News) |
Daniel Kang, who has been in the lead for three days in a row, will remain in the lead until the last minute on the last day of the tournament, and if he wins, he will win six LPGA Tour careers. It adds a multiplier in 5 months after the marathon classic last August.
In this day’s game, Sisters Coda took place in second and third place respectively. On this day, Jessica captured 1 Eagle and 9 birdies without seeing it, and scored 11 under par 60, recording 19 under par 194, ranking 2nd. My younger brother Nelly cut 4 strokes and finished third with 15 under par 198.
Jessica’s 60 strokes that day was the fifth LPGA tour record.
Park Hee-young lost 1 stroke and was tied for 21st with 1 under par 212, and Heo Mi-jung was also tied for 23rd with an even par 71 with an even par 71.
From 2018 to last year, 25 LPGA Tour winners participated and is called’Wang Jung Wang’, and celebrities participate in this tournament and compete in the same group as the professional players.
Celebrities set a separate ranking by giving points according to the result of each hole. In the celebrity category, tennis player Mardi Fish (USA), who was a tennis player, kept the lead for the third day with 117 points. ‘Golf Empress’ Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) ranked 10th with 101 points.
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