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[이데일리 스타in 임정우 기자] Jeon Inji, 27, took the opportunity to enter the top 5 opening game of the 2021 season of the American Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour.
On the 24th (Korean time), in the third round of the LPGA Tour Diamond Resort Champions Tournament ($1.2 million in total prize money) held at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando (par 71) in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, she hit a 4-under par 67. Jeonin-in, who recorded a middle total of 13 under par 200, was in fourth place alone. It is an eighth shot against single leader Daniel Kang (USA).
Jeon In-ji, who started the game pleasantly with a birdie on hole 1, raised his momentum by writing another birdie on hole 4. The first look came from hole 12, but I was calm. Starting with the birdie on the 14th hole, he reduced 1 stroke each in the 16th and 18th holes, completing a 4 under par. Jeon In-ji, who is showing stable play from the first day to the third day of the tournament, is challenging to enter the top 5 in the final four rounds.
Daniel Kang, who recorded 192 strokes at 21 under par, was named in the solo lead. Daniel Kang, who drove an 8-under par on the third day of the tournament, took the lead alone by defeating Jessica Corda (USA), who placed second only by two strokes. Daniel Kang will hunt for 6 wins on the LPGA Tour on the last day of this tournament.
Nelli Corda (USA) ranked third with 15 under par 198 strokes alone, followed by Jeon-in in fourth place alone. Park Hee-young (34), who recorded 212 strokes per under par, was tied for 21st, and Mi-jung Heo (32), who recorded an even par 213, finished the third round with a tie for 23rd.
In the last three years, 25 LPGA Tour winners have participated in this tournament, where celebrities participate and compete in the same group as the professional players. Celebrities rank separately by giving points based on the outcome of each hole.
In the celebrity category, tennis player Mardi Fish (USA) has been leading for the third day with 117 points. John Smoltz (USA), a prominent pitcher in the major league baseball in the US, who has won the celebrity category for the past two years in a row, tied for sixth with 103 points. ‘Legend’ of women’s golf, Anna Sorenstam (Sweden), ranked 10th with 101 points.