[LPGA] Jeonji, tied for 10th on the first day of the opening game… Daniel Kang is the sole leader

[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Jeon Inji (27, KB Financial Group) tied for 10th on the first day of the opening game, and Daniel Kang (29), a Korean-American, took the lead alone.

Jeon Inchi was tied for 10th in the first round of the 2021 Season LPGA Tour Diamond Resort Tournament of Champions held at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club Orlando in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA on the 22nd (Korean time), with 6 birdies and 1 triple bogie. Did it.

Jeonin-in was tied for 10th on the first day. [사진= 뉴스핌 DB]

On this day, Jeonji played a triple bogie in the par 4 and 6th hole, but the fairway hit rate was 76.92% and the green hit rate was 61.11%. It entered the top 10 on the first day and got a chance to regain the top 10 in two years and three months after the KEB Hana Bank Championship in October 2018.

He entered the LPGA Tour after winning the US Women’s Open as an amateur in 2015, and the following year, he climbed to the top of the 2016 Evian Championship and became the rookie king, and in October 2018, he won his career at the KEB Hana Bank Championship.

Daniel Kang took the lead with the par with 64, overtaking the tied second group with one stroke. Sisters Coda (Jessica, Nelly) and Gabi Lopez were in the second place.

Daniel Kang recorded a high green hit rate (77.77%) and a fairway hit rate of 69.23%, and picked only 7 birdies for flawless play.

Heo Mi-jung (32, Daebang Construction) and Park Hee-young (34, Isu Construction) tied for 20th with an even par 71 strokes.

In the last three years, a total of 25 people, including players and celebrities who have won the tournament, participated in the’King of the King’. 33 KB Financial Group) and others were absent.

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