"I only missed the 3 times I drew in the strong wind"... Kim Min-sun leads Deokshin EPC Championship 2R alone
"I only missed the 3 times I drew in the strong wind"... Kim Min-sun leads Deokshin EPC Championship 2R alone
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Kim Min-sun, the tallest player on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, overcame strong winds and set the stage for her first career regular championship.
Kim Min-sun showed outstanding performance with 5-under 67 in the second round of the KLPGA Tour Deokshin EPC Championship (total prize money of 1 billion won) held at Kingsdale Golf Club (par 72) in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province on the 25th. Kim Min-sun, who recorded a 6-under 138 in interim total, will face the final round as the lone lead with a three-par lead over Jeong Yoon-ji.
Kim Min-sun, who is 177 centimeters tall and the tallest player in the KLPGA Tour along with Park Hye-joon, debuted on the tour in 2023 after serving as a national team member, and this year is her third year. As there is a player with the same name, she is using the registration name as "Kim Min-sun 7." He showed steady growth by ranking 38th in the prize money rankings in 2023 and 31st last year. He has won the WeMix Championship, an event competition held after the end of last year's season, but has yet to win a regular tour competition. The best performance is Doosan E&C's Weave Championship as a rookie and joint second place in last year's Sh Suhyup Bank MBN Women's Open.
This year, Kim Min-sun, who failed to finish in the top 10 in four competitions and played an ordinary performance with a 1-under 71 in the first round, played a brilliant game with six birdies amid the strong winds that caused most players to struggle. Only 15 players, including Kim Min-sun, scored under par in the second round, and only 10 players recorded under par overall in the second round.
Kim Min-sun missed the green only three times despite strong winds that made it difficult to control the direction and distance of the ball, and made a difficult putt even when the ball was moving in the wind. The only mistake was to miss a par putt less than 2m at the 15th hole (par 3), and she also made a scene of putting in a 10m birdie putt at the 17th hole (par 4).
After the game, Kim Min-sun said, "I was able to perform well because my shot was really good today and my putt followed well. I'm proud of myself for hitting well in this wind," adding, "Especially today's putt rhythm was good overall and there were no mistakes. I almost got all the chances, and my par save went well in the crisis."
In the first half, Kim Min-sun, who had two tap-in birdies due to good shots, added, "It was a good flow, so it was effective to hit it with confidence when putting it." "It's going to be windy, so I think the most important thing is to wait for a chance while sending it to the safe side. It's a course with a lot of variables, so I won't be nervous even if there's a difference in the number of strokes," he said, adding, "I'll aim to win the rest of the round, but my goal is to play with confidence in shots and putts without being nervous."
Jung Yoon-ji, who has not added a championship for three years since winning the E1 Charity Open in 2022, reduced three shots on the day to rise to second place with a three-under 141 in interim total. "Yesterday, it was hard because there was a lot of wind because it was in the afternoon, but today it was a morning game, so I played comfortably because there was little wind. Still, in the second half, I tried to concentrate because of the wind, but it was hard," Jung Yoon-ji said. "The wind blows to everyone. I think I can never beat the wind, so I try to make the most of the wind."
Bang Shin-sil, who won the Nexen and St. Nine Masters on the 20th and is aiming to win for the second consecutive week, will hit a 1-under 71 to tie for third place (2-under 142) by four strokes. Bang Shin-sil cruised by reducing two strokes in the first half, but lost three strokes due to consecutive bogeys in the first and second holes and bogeys in the sixth holes. However, he finished the round in a good mood with a tee shot close to 280 yards on the par-5 ninth hole and two on to 1.5 meters next to the hole. 바카라사이트
Kim Min-byul, who shot 2-under 70, and Choi Ga-bin, who shot even par, also tied for third (2-under 142) along with Bang Shin-sil. Hong Jin-young and Jung So-yi, who were joint leaders in the first round, lost two shots each on the day, but continued their race for the championship by tying for sixth (1-under 143), while Han Jin-sun shot 7-over 79 to tie for 42nd (4-over 148).