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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Koo Ja-cheol (66), the president of the Korea Professional Golf Association (KPGA), appeared as a player in the senior tournament, but was eliminated from the cut after hitting a 24 over par in the first round.
Chairman Koo Ja-cheol was only 122 out of 123 people who lost 24 strokes without a buddy in the first round of the KPGA Senior Masters (total prize money of 100 million won) held at the Solaro Country Club (par 72, 6,768 yards) in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do on the 24th. .
Even the players who hit the 5 over par advance to the second round, and Chairman Koo Ja-cheol was a whopping 19 strokes from the cut baseline.
President Koo came out as a player in the tournament to commemorate the late Park Seung-ryong, who died of a myocardial infarction during the first round of the tournament, which opened at Club D Boeun CC in Boeun, Chungcheongbuk-do last October.
At that time, the tournament was stopped due to an accident by Park Seung-ryong, and it reopened on this day. Chairman Koo explained, “I decided to participate as a player in memory of Park Seung-ryong, who passed away as KPGA president, and to honor his love for golf.”
Chairman Koo said through social media, “Today, he finished a par 4 hole with 10 strokes and hit 96 strokes at the end of 4 triple bogies.”
The lead in the first round is Kim Jong-deok (60), who hit a 4-under par.
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2021/03/24 16:36 sent