Volume 5, Number 3, May 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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KLPGA Update |
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Star #1, MC, Phoenix, KB Star #2, K Open, Gallery1, Gallery2, Gallery3 |
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Phoenix Park Classic | ||||||||||||||||
The next event on tour, from May 2nd - 4th, was the Phoenix Park Classic. The defending champion was Hee Young Park (pictured), and she was hoping to get off to a good start so she could challenge Ahn and Shin for top spot in the league. She didn't do badly: she shot a 4 under par 68 that found her sitting in a tie for third by the end of the day. Ji Yai Shin had a relatively decent first round (considering how poor her first rounds had been in the first two events of the year), a 2 under 70, which left her in 13th. But one player absolutely romped on this day and set a standard that was going to be tough to match. Eun Hee Ji shot an 8 under par 64 which consisted of nine birdies and a single bogey, to take a three shot lead over second place Min Ji Han. Ji's round was the lowest score on the KLPGA tour since Jeon Mi Jung shot a 64 in the first round of the Hi-Mart Invitational in October of 2003. Ji had four straight birdies from holes 5 through 8, and three more in a row from 13 - 15. It was a truly dominating performance, and had the rest of the field scrambling to see if they could catch her. But Ji was not about to let up: in round two, she continued to run roughshod over the field. She shot a 4 under par 68, consisting of 5 birdies and one bogey. This was again the lowest score of the day, and she wound up at 12 under total with a seven shot lead. Clearly aware of Shin's seven shot comeback at the last tournament, Ji was obviously taking no chances! Defending Champ Hee Young Park had a good round, finishing with a 69 on day two to move to 5 under and a tie for second. Ji Yai Shin and Na Yeon Choi were tied for 4th at 4 under. So the leaderboard was an impressive one, but everyone was looking far up at Ji. The
final round of this event looked like it was going to be a walk in the
park for Eun Hee Ji, still looking for her first win on tour. But the
top two KLPGA players made furious charges at her, and the outcome became
less and less clear as the day wore on. Both Ji Yai Shin and Hee Young
Park were 4 under par on their first nine holes, while Ji was one under,
so after finishing nine holes, she stood at 13 under, Park at 9 under
and Shin at 8 under. Shin made another birdie soon, and for several more
holes, Ji had a four shot lead over the two. Scores:
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