Kim Hyo-joo is runner-up after extending the Major Chevron Championship...The winner is Sai
Kim Hyo-joo is runner-up after extending the Major Chevron Championship...The winner is Sai
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Kim Hyo-joo finished second after extra time at the Chevron Championship (total prize money of $8 million), the first major tournament of the LPGA Tour season.
Kim Hyo-joo tied three birdies and one bogey to make a 2-under 70 today (28th) in the fourth round of the tournament at The Club Carlton Woods Jack Nicklaus Signature Course (par 72, 6,911 yards) in Woodlands, Texas.
Kim Hyo-joo, who had a 7-under 281 total, tied with In Luoning (China), Ariya Jutanugarn (Thailand), Lindy Duncan (USA), and Saigo Mao (Japan) for second place after Saigo, who birdied the first hole of the extra time played by five players.
Kim Hyo-joo, who has seven wins on the LPGA Tour, did not achieve her second win of the season following the Ford Championship in late March, but she entered the top 10 for the third time this year.
Kim Hyo-joo, who was tied for 11th place four strokes behind the joint leader until the third round, slowed down with a bogey on the third hole (par 3) today, but she gained momentum with birdies six to eight times in a row.
Kim Hyo-joo also wrote par after the 8th hole, while the players were unable to easily reduce the number of pars even in the lead due to the tricky pin position and the considerable wind and hardened green.
Kim Hyo-joo, who tied for third when she finished her match, eventually joined the five-man tie for the lead in the turbulent lead, heading into extra time.
Kim Hyo-joo calmly put her third shot on the green in the first overtime at the 18th hole (par 5), but the birdie putt flowed to the left and finished with par, and Saigo, who then birdied, won the trophy.
Saigo, who debuted on the LPGA Tour last year and won the Rookie of the Year without a win, enjoyed her first win in a major tournament.
The prize money is 1.2 million dollars (about 1.72 billion won). 바카라
Yoo Hae-ran, who tied for the lead until the third round and inflated his dream of winning his first major, lost four shots with one eagle, one birdie and seven bogeys, ending the tournament tied for sixth (5-under 283).
Ko Jin-young saved two pars to sit in sixth place together.
Ko Jin-young, who has not won the LPGA Tour in about two years since the Cognizant Founders Cup in May 2023, is in the top 10 for the fourth time out of eight tournaments this season.
Choi Hye-jin tied for ninth (4-under 284), with four South Korean players in the top 10.
Nelly Korda, the world's No. 1 player, is tied for 14th (2 under par 286) with Lexy Thompson of the U.S. and Lee Min-ji of Australia, while Jeon In-ji and Lee Mi-hyang are tied for 18th (1 under par 287).
Kim Se-young and Lee So-mi tied for 24th (even par 288), Kim A-rim tied for 40th (three-over 291), and Yoon Na-na and Yang Hee-young tied for 52nd (five-over 293).