Jeoninji, LPGA Tour Opening Game 3R 4th Place… Lead Daniel Kang and 8 shots

Jessica Corda, the 5th 60th hit in the tour history

Ex-cognition
Ex-cognition

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = In-Jeon Jeon (27) maintained the top spot in the third round of the Diamond Resort Champions Tournament ($1.2 million in total prize money) in the opening of the 2021 season of the U.S. Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour, but the gap with the leader widened. lost.

Jeonin-in picked 5 birdies from the third round of the 3rd round of the tournament held at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando (par 71, 6,645 yards) in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA on the 24th (Korean time). I hit 67.

Jeonin-in, who was tied for 3rd with 133 strokes at 9 under par until the 2nd round, took a total of 13 under par 200 strokes for 3 days, and placed 4th place alone.

On this day alone, he cut 8 strokes and scored 21-under-par 192 in the middle, and the final four rounds were ahead of the final four rounds away from single leader Daniel Kang (USA) by eight strokes.

In the third round, Jeon In-ji started off with a birdie on the 1st hole (par 4) and cut one more stroke at the 4th hole (par 4).

However, starting with the 14th hole (par 3), the 16th (par 4) and the 18th (par 3) hole ended with a stepping stone birdie.

The green hit rate dropped from 88.9% (16/18) the day before to 66.7% (12/18), but reduced the number of putts from 29 to 26.

Daniel River
Daniel River

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Korean-American player Daniel Kang was one step closer to the LPGA Tour’s 6 wins by sweeping 8 birdies without looking at the top of the leaderboard for 3 consecutive days. If you reach the top in this competition, Daniel Kang will add a multiplier after five months after the marathon classic last August.

After him, the sisters Jessica Corda (19 under par 194 strokes) and Nelly Corda (15 under par 198 strokes in the US) were in second and third place respectively.

In particular, the sister of the sisters, Jessica Corda, 28, pursued the Daniel River with two hits in the third round with 11-under-par 60 hits. 60 shots is the fifth LPGA tour record.

Jessica Corda defended the par after the 1st and 2nd hole buddies, and from the 10th hole (par 5) birdie, she threw down 9 strokes only in the second half. In the second half, all birdies were recorded except for the 13th hole (par 5) and the 17th hole (par 5) Eagle.

Park Hee-young (34) was tied for 21st place (1 under par 212 strokes), and Heo Mi-jeong (32) was tied for 23rd place (even par 213 strokes).

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.

The’legendary’ of women’s golf, Anna Sorenstam (Sweden), is ranked 10th with 101 points.

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