Lydia Ko (26, Hana Financial Group), 카지노 world number one in women’s golf, came close to winning the first tournament she participated in this year.
Lydia Ko made a birdie 6 without a bogey in the 3rd round of the European Women’s Professional Golf Tour (LET) Aramco Saudi Ladies International (total prize money of 5 million dollars) held at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club (par 72) in Saudi Arabia on the 18th (Korean time). He caught the dog and shot a 6-under 66.
With a median total of 17 under par 199 strokes, she came in second place alone, closely trailing the sole leader Lilia Bu (USA) by one stroke to play the final round.
After catching her first birdie on the 5th hole (par 4), Lydia Ko went on an upward trend by catching her consecutive birdies on the 4 holes from the 7th hole (par 4) to the 10th hole (par 4). Afterwards, she continued par marching in 6 holes, and she added a birdie in hole 17 (par 4) to reduce 6 strokes and take the lead by 1 stroke. However, while Boo made an eagle putt on the 18th hole (par 5), Lydia Ko missed a birdie and fell to second place by one shot.
Lydia Ko said, “I couldn’t reduce her number of strokes in the beginning, but I breathed a sigh of relief when I made a birdie putt in the 5th hole.” She didn’t do well on the last nine holes, but she made a good finish with a birdie on the 17th hole,” she said.
After her marriage in December of last year, after a month of hiatus, she will continue to demonstrate her skills in her first official competition this year, and challenge to win again two years after winning this competition in 2021. The prize money for this tournament is 750,000 dollars (approximately 970 million won).
On the other hand, the chances of winning the championship for Korean players who participated in this tournament became slim. Kim Hyo-joo and Yoo Hae-ran were tied for 16th place (9 under par, 207 strokes), 9 strokes behind the leader, Lee So-mi and Lim Hee-jung were tied for 18th place (8 under par, 208 strokes), Kim A-rim and Seong Yu-jin were tied for 31st (5 under par, 211 strokes), Ji finished tied for 39th (3 under par 213 strokes).